Performance enhancements, util refactor and and clean up tests #383

	name: ci
	on:
	pull_request:
	branches: [main, alpha]
	push:
	branches: [main, alpha]

	jobs:
	commitlint:
	runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
	steps:
	- name: Checkout
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	fetch-depth: 0
	- name: Commitlint
	uses: wagoid/commitlint-github-action@v5
	test:
	runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
	steps:
	- name: Checkout
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	- name: Setup Python
	uses: actions/setup-python@v5
	with:
	python-version: "3.12"
	- name: Install Poetry
	uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
	- name: Install packages
	run: poetry install
	- name: Run unit tests
	run: poetry run pytest -m "not ncbi" --disable-socket --allow-unix-socket
	- name: Check if NCBI auth is present, fail out if missing
	env:
	super_secret: ${{ secrets.NCBI_API_KEY }}
	if: ${{ env.super_secret == '' }}
	run: \|
	echo "NCBI authentication not provided. Failing out."
	exit 1
	- name: Run NCBI-dependent tests
	run: poetry run pytest -m "ncbi"
	env:
	NCBI_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.NCBI_API_KEY }}
	NCBI_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.NCBI_EMAIL }}
	release:
	if: github.event_name == 'push'
	needs:
	- commitlint
	- test
	runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
	steps:
	- name: Checkout
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	- name: Setup NodeJS
	uses: actions/setup-node@v4
	with:
	node-version: 20
	- name: Install semantic-release
	run: npm i semantic-release@v23.0.0 conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@7.0.2
	- name: Release
	env:
	GITHUB_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}
	GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
	run: npx semantic-release

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