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+name: Lint
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - 'saltproc/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'saltproc/**'
+      - 'tests/**'
+
+jobs:
+  flake8:
+    name: flake8
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Install flake8
+        run: pip install flake8
+
+      - name: Run flake8
+        run: |
+          flake8 saltproc/ tests/ \
+            --select=E9,F401,F811,F821,F841 \
+            --max-line-length=120 \
+            --show-source \
+            --statistics