Use a GitHub-hosted Ubuntu runner

yaml

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

Explanation

Ubuntu is the most common runner for CI workloads.

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Use a container image as the job runtime.

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Use a service container for integration or cache tests.

Match jobs to specialized self-hosted infrastructure.

Print the checkout path on the runner.