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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [2.4, ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [2.4]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 7 * * 2'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  analyse:
+    name: Analyse
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        # We must fetch at least the immediate parents so that if this is
+        # a pull request then we can checkout the head.
+        fetch-depth: 2
+
+    # If this run was triggered by a pull request event, then checkout
+    # the head of the pull request instead of the merge commit.
+    - run: git checkout HEAD^2
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' }}
+
+    # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+      # Override language selection by uncommenting this and choosing your languages
+      # with:
+      #   languages: go, javascript, csharp, python, cpp, java
+
+    - run: |
+        sudo apt-get install libc-ares-dev libcurl3-dev libglm-dev
+        autoreconf -i
+        ./configure --disable-client
+        make
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1