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+name: github-FORMAT
+
+on:
+  push
+  #pull_request:
+  #  paths-ignore:
+  #  - '**/*.rst'
+  #  - '**/*.md'
+  #  - 'doc/**'
+  #  types: [ opened, reopened, synchronize ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: none
+
+# Cancels any in progress 'workflow' associated with this PR
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  format-check:
+    name: format-check
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: OpenCSP
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.10'
+      - name: Black formatting check
+        run: |
+          pip install black
+          black . -S -C --check --diff
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