first draft of updated GHA

.github/workflows/build-unit-tests.yml

@@ -38,29 +38,15 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Set reusable strings
-      # Turn repeated input strings (such as the build output directory) into step outputs. These step outputs can be used throughout the workflow file.
-      id: strings
-      shell: bash
-      run: |
-        echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-    - name: Configure CMake
-      # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
-      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html?highlight=cmake_build_type
-      run: >
-        cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
-        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cpp_compiler }}
-        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.c_compiler }}
-        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
-        -S ${{ github.workspace }}
-
-    - name: Build
-      # Build your program with the given configuration. Note that --config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
-      run: cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }} --config ${{ matrix.build_type }} -j
-
-    - name: Test
-      working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
-      # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration. Note that --build-config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
-      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
-      run: ctest
+    - name: Set up python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: python -m pip install meson ninja
+    - name: Configure Project
+      run: meson setup builddir/
+      env:
+        CC: gcc
+    - name: Run Tests
+      run: meson test -C builddir/ -v