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+name: spellcheck
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: install misspell
+      run: |
+        curl -L -o ./install-misspell.sh https://git.io/misspell
+        sh ./install-misspell.sh
+
+    - name: run misspell
+      run: |
+        ./bin/misspell -error ./**/*
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