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+name: fair-software
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    name: "fair-software"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'FairRootGroup/FairRoot'
+    steps:
+      - uses: fair-software/howfairis-github-action@0.2.1
+        name: Measure compliance with fair-software.eu recommendations
+        env:
+          PYCHARM_HOSTED: "Trick colorama into displaying colored output"
+        with:
+          MY_REPO_URL: "https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}"