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GitHub Actions: Jobs, Steps, Matrix, and Reusable Building Blocks/Call a reusable workflow

Centralize shared CI logic in one workflow file.

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Section: Matrix, reuse, and services

Call a reusable workflow

yaml
yaml
jobs:
  ci:
    uses: my-org/my-repo/.github/workflows/reusable-ci.yml@main
    with:
      node-version: 20
    secrets: inherit
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Reusable workflows reduce duplication across repos and teams.

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