Add conda step to build job

.github/workflows/build_workflow.yml

@@ -2,10 +2,10 @@ name: CI/CD Build Workflow
 
 on:
     push:
-        branches: [master]
+        branches: [main]
 
     pull_request:
-        branches: [master]
+        branches: [main]
 
     workflow_dispatch:
         inputs:
@@ -44,10 +44,25 @@ jobs:
         steps:
             - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-            - name: Set up Python
-              uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+            - name: Cache Conda
+              uses: actions/cache@v2
+              env:
+                  # Increase this value to reset cache if conda/dev.yml has not changed in the workflow
+                  CACHE_NUMBER: 0
+              with:
+                  path: ~/conda_pkgs_dir
+                  key: ${{ runner.os }}-conda-${{ env.CACHE_NUMBER }}-publish
+
+            - name: Set up Conda Environment
+              uses: conda-incubator/setup-miniconda@v2
               with:
+                  activate-environment: "xcdat_dev"
+                  environment-file: conda/dev.yml
+                  channel-priority: strict
                   python-version: 3.8
+                  auto-update-conda: true
+                  # IMPORTANT: This needs to be set for caching to work properly!
+                  use-only-tar-bz2: true
 
             - name: Run Tests
               run: |