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+name: manual code checks
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  run-checks:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.14
+      - name: Staticcheck
+        run: |
+          go get -u honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
+          staticcheck ./...
+        env:
+          CGO_ENABLED: 0