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+name: 'Code scanning'
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ develop, main ]
+  pull_request:
+    # The branches below must be a subset of the branches above
+    branches: [ develop ]
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 22 * * 0'
+
+jobs:
+  CodeQL-Build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v1
+
+      - name: Autobuild
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v1
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v1