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+name: Spell Checking
+
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+jobs:
+  codespell:
+    name: Analyze spelling with codespell
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [python]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install codespell
+  misspell:
+    name: Check spelling with misspell
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install
+        run: wget -O - -q https://git.io/misspell | sh -s -- -b .
+      - name: Misspell
+        run: ./misspell -error