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+name: Smoke
+
+# The fast tier, on every push to a working branch: one OS, fast tests only, no coverage, no
+# package-README check. It answers "is what I just pushed broken?" in minutes; ci.yml on the pull
+# request is the gate that runs every OS and every category.
+#
+# Never on main: that branch takes changes through pull requests, which already ran the full gate.
+on:
+  push:
+    branches-ignore: [main, master]
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+jobs:
+  smoke:
+    uses: Hawkynt/RepositoryTemplate/.github/workflows/dotnet-smoke.yml@v1
+    with:
+      solution: PhotoManager.slnx
+      test-target: PhotoManager.Tests/PhotoManager.Tests.csproj
+      dotnet-version: '8.x'
+      clone-siblings: '[{"repository":"Hawkynt/CompressionWorkbench","path":"../CompressionWorkbench"}]'