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+# GitHub Action to automate the identification of common misspellings in text files.
+# https://github.com/codespell-project/actions-codespell
+# https://github.com/codespell-project/codespell
+name: codespell
+on: [push, pull_request]
+jobs:
+  codespell:
+    name: Check for spelling errors
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: codespell-project/actions-codespell@master
+        with:
+          check_filenames: true
+          check_hidden: true
+          skip: ./.git,./Gemfile.lock,./assets/javascripts/prism.js,./slate/source/javascripts/jquery.tocify.js
+          ignore_words_list: rouge