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+# Checks every pull request and every push to main: formatting, a build for each desktop OS, the
+# build's `test` step if it has one, and (never failing the run) a build against fizzy main.
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    uses: fizzyedit/plugin-build-action/.github/workflows/check.yml@v7
+    with:
+      zig-version: "0.16.0"
+    # secrets:
+    #   build_env: ${{ secrets.MY_BUILD_ENV }}   # as in release.yml, if the build needs one