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+steps:
+
+  cargo_fmt:
+    image: rust:1.75
+    environment:
+      # store cargo data in repo folder so that it gets cached between steps
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - cargo fmt -- --check
+
+  frontend_wasm_build:
+    image: rust:1.75
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - "rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown"
+      - "cargo check --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --features csr,hydrate --no-default-features"
+
+  check_diesel_schema:
+    image: willsquire/diesel-cli
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+      DATABASE_URL: postgres://ibis:password@database:5432/ibis
+    commands:
+      - diesel migration run
+      - diesel print-schema --config-file=diesel.toml > tmp.schema
+      - diff tmp.schema src/backend/database/schema.rs
+
+  cargo_clippy:
+    image: rust:1.75
+    environment:
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - cargo clippy --tests --all-targets --all-features
+
+  cargo_test:
+    image: rust:1.75
+    environment:
+      LEMMY_DATABASE_URL: postgres://ibis:password@database:5432/ibis
+      RUST_BACKTRACE: "1"
+      CARGO_HOME: .cargo_home
+    commands:
+      - cargo test --no-fail-fast
+
+services:
+  database:
+    image: postgres:15.2-alpine
+    environment:
+      POSTGRES_USER: ibis
+      POSTGRES_PASSWORD: password
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