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GitHub Actions: Workflow Syntax and Triggers/Run on push to selected branches

Trigger on pushes to specific branches.

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Section: Workflow skeleton

Run on push to selected branches

yaml
yaml
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - develop
Explanation

Use branch filters to avoid running expensive workflows everywhere.

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