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+name: dropit CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: ubuntu:latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Install build dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get install -y meson libgtk-4-dev
+    - name: meson setup
+      run: meson setup build
+    - name: build
+      run: ninja -C build