Add conda-forge CI job using pixi

.github/workflows/test-pixi.yaml

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+name: Run tests with pixi
+
+on:
+  # on demand
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      delete_pixi_lock:
+        description: 'If true, delete pixi.lock, to test against the latest version of dependencies.'
+        required: true
+        default: 'false'
+  pull_request:
+  schedule:
+  # * is a special character in YAML so you have to quote this string
+  # Execute a "nightly" build twice a week 2 AM UTC
+  - cron:  '0 2 * * 2,5'
+
+jobs:
+  pixi-test:
+    name: '[pixi:${{ matrix.os }}]'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [
+          ubuntu-22.04,
+          macos-latest,
+          windows-2019
+        ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    # On periodic jobs and when delete_pixi_lock option is true, delete the pixi.lock to check that the project compiles with latest version of dependencies
+    - name: Delete pixi.lock on scheduled jobs or if delete_pixi_lock is true
+      if: github.event_name == 'schedule' || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.delete_pixi_lock == 'true')
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        rm pixi.lock
+
+    - name: Set up pixi
+      uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.1
+
+    - name: Print pixi info
+      run: pixi info
+
+    - name: Build and test the project
+      run: pixi run test

.github/workflows/update-pixi-lockfile.yaml

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+name: Update lockfiles
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: 0 5 1 * *
+
+jobs:
+  pixi-update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up pixi
+        uses: prefix-dev/setup-pixi@v0.8.1
+        with:
+          run-install: false
+
+      - name: Install pixi-diff-to-markdown
+        run: pixi global install pixi-diff-to-markdown
+
+      - name: Update lockfiles
+        run: |
+          set -o pipefail
+          pixi update --json | pixi exec pixi-diff-to-markdown >> diff.md
+
+      - name: Create pull request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          commit-message: Update pixi lockfile
+          title: Update pixi lockfile
+          body-path: diff.md
+          branch: update-pixi
+          base: main
+          labels: pixi
+          delete-branch: true
+          add-paths: pixi.lock

.gitignore

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 #build
 /build/
 *.user
+.build
+.pixi