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+name: PR Gate
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: pr-gate-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  pr-gate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Basic repository sanity
+        run: |
+          test -f README.md