diff --git a/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b3e9ca2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/coverage.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: "piel-coverage"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: [ "piel-tests" ]
+    types:
+      - completed
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+env:
+  PIP_DISABLE_PIP_VERSION_CHECK: 1
+  FORCE_COLOR: 1    # Get colored pytest output
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Coverage Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    env:  # Set environment variables for the whole job
+      PIP_ONLY_BINARY: gdstk
+      MPLBACKEND: agg
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Set up Python 3.10
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.10"
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    #  -----  install & configure poetry  -----
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    - name: Install Poetry
+      uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
+      with:
+        version: 1.8.2
+        virtualenvs-create: true
+        virtualenvs-in-project: true
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    # install dependencies if cache does not exist
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: poetry install -E dev
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    #    add matrix specifics and run test suite
+    #----------------------------------------------
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: |
+        source $VENV
+        coverage run -m pytest -rA tests
+        coverage report -m
+        echo "total=$(coverage report --format=total)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo '### Total coverage: ${{ env.total }}%'
diff --git a/docs/sections/environment/installation.rst b/docs/sections/environment/installation.rst
index a68872bc..21e109a8 100644
--- a/docs/sections/environment/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/sections/environment/installation.rst
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ You can either clone the public repository:
 
    $ git clone git://github.com/daquintero/piel
 
+If you are using Windows, you might have to run this too:
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    git config --global core.longpaths true
+
 Or download the
 `tarball <https://github.com/daquintero/piel/tarball/master>`__:
 
@@ -55,12 +61,13 @@ Developer’s Requirements
 You might also need to run the following commands to run the examples,
 documentation, and full environment:
 
-::
+.. code:: bash
 
    mamba install pandoc
    mamba install jupyterlab jupytext
    poetry install -E dev
 
+
 Usage
 -----