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-name: Basic evaluation checks
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch
-  # pull_request:
-  #   branches:
-  #    - master
-  #    - release-**
-  # push:
-  #   branches:
-  #    - master
-  #    - release-**
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-jobs:
-  tests:
-    name: basic-eval-checks
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    # we don't limit this action to only NixOS repo since the checks are cheap and useful developer feedback
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
-    - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@08dcb3a5e62fa31e2da3d490afc4176ef55ecd72 # v30
-    - uses: cachix/cachix-action@ad2ddac53f961de1989924296a1f236fcfbaa4fc # v15
-      with:
-        # This cache is for the nixpkgs repo checks and should not be trusted or used elsewhere.
-        name: nixpkgs-ci
-        signingKey: '${{ secrets.CACHIX_SIGNING_KEY }}'
-    - run: nix --experimental-features 'nix-command flakes' flake check --all-systems --no-build
-    # explicit list of supportedSystems is needed until aarch64-darwin becomes part of the trunk jobset
-    - run: nix-build pkgs/top-level/release.nix -A release-checks --arg supportedSystems '[ "aarch64-darwin" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-linux" "x86_64-darwin"  ]'