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+name: Generic zig build
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      zig-version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    # secrets:
+    #   token:
+    #     required: true
+jobs:
+  build:
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Zig
+        uses: https://git.lerch.org/lobo/setup-zig@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.zig-version }}
+      - name: Build project
+        run: zig build
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: zig build test
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