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+name: Scaffolder CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+    - 'backend/scaffolder/**'
+    - '.github/workflows/scaffolder.yml'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v1
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.12
+    - name: checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: setup env
+      run: |
+        echo "::set-env name=GOPATH::$(go env GOPATH)"
+        echo "::add-path::$(go env GOPATH)/bin"
+      shell: bash
+    - name: build
+      run: go build -v ./...	      
+      working-directory: ./backend/scaffolder
+    - name: test
+      run: go test ./... -short
+      working-directory: ./backend/scaffolder
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