From 2abe13ed85a87ea0c5ae993dd833f2884f8506cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Phil de Joux <philderbeast@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 12 Jan 2025 14:04:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Add a workflow to dry run cabal-install

- Push to any branch
- Only check with the latest GHC version
- Shorten name of job
---
 .github/workflows/check-install.yml | 53 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 53 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/check-install.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-install.yml b/.github/workflows/check-install.yml
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/.github/workflows/check-install.yml
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+name: Check install
+
+# See: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#concurrency.
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "doc/**"
+      - "**/README.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      # only top level for these, because various test packages have them too
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "doc/**"
+      - "**/README.md"
+      - "CONTRIBUTING.md"
+      - "changelog.d/**"
+      - "*/ChangeLog.md"
+      - "*/changelog.md"
+      - "release-notes/**"
+  release:
+    types:
+      - created
+
+jobs:
+
+  cabal-install-dry-run:
+    name: cabal install with ghc-${{ matrix.ghc }}
+    if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master' && github.base_ref != 'master'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ghc:
+          ["9.12.1"]
+
+    steps:
+
+      - uses: haskell-actions/setup@v2
+        id: setup-haskell
+        with:
+          ghc-version: ${{ matrix.ghc }}
+          cabal-version: latest
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - run: cabal install cabal-install --dry-run