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+# This workflow does some quick checks.
+name: Code Checks
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/code_checks.yml'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'include/**'
+      - 'interface/**'
+      - 'misc/suppressions/**'
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '!docs/changes*txt'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - '.github/workflows/code_checks.yml'
+      - 'docs/**'
+      - 'include/**'
+      - 'interface/**'
+      - 'misc/suppressions/**'
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '!docs/changes*txt'
+
+jobs:
+  check-unix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    name: Check Spelling
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Install codespell
+        run: |
+          sudo apt install codespell
+
+      - name: Run codespell
+        run: |
+          codespell -I misc/suppressions/codespell-words -x misc/suppressions/codespell-lines -S docs/changes.txt -S docs/changes_30.txt -S '*.png' -S '*.ico' -S '*.bmp' -S '*.cur' -S docs/doxygen/images README.md docs include interface