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+---
+
+# this file is *not* meant to cover or endorse the use of GitHub Actions, but
+# rather to help make automated releases for this project
+
+name: Context testing
+
+on: [push, pull_request]  # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
+
+jobs:
+  dump_contexts_to_log:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Dump GitHub context
+        env:
+          GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+        # "event.pull_request.commits" is interesting
+        run: |
+          echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
+          echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT" | jq -c '.event.pull_request.commits'
+      - name: Count test runs for this PR
+        if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+        id: count
+        uses: actions/github-script@v9
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const pr = context.payload.pull_request;
+
+            if (!pr) {
+              core.setFailed("This workflow must be triggered by a pull request.");
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const pr_number = pr.number;
+            const workflow_name = context.workflow;
+            const branch_name = pr.head.ref;
+            const event_match = "pull_request";
+            console.log(pr_number);
+            console.log(workflow_name);
+            console.log(branch_name);
+
+            if (!pr_number) {
+              console.log("No pull request number found in context.");
+              core.setOutput("count", 0);
+              return;
+            }
+
+            const runs = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunsForRepo({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              event: event_match,
+              branch: branch_name,
+              per_page: 100
+            });
+            // console.log(runs);
+
+            const filtered = runs.data.workflow_runs.filter(run =>
+              run.name === workflow_name &&
+              run.event === event_match &&
+              run.pull_requests?.some(p => p.number === pr_number)
+            );
+            // console.log(filtered);
+            console.log(filtered.length);
+
+            core.setOutput("count", filtered.length);
+      - name: Dump job context
+        run: echo "Test run count = ${{ steps.count.outputs.count }}"
+      - name: Dump job context
+        env:
+          JOB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(job) }}
+        run: echo "$JOB_CONTEXT"
+      - name: Dump steps context
+        env:
+          STEPS_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(steps) }}
+        run: echo "$STEPS_CONTEXT"
+      - name: Dump runner context
+        env:
+          RUNNER_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(runner) }}
+        run: echo "$RUNNER_CONTEXT"
+      - name: Dump strategy context
+        env:
+          STRATEGY_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(strategy) }}
+        run: echo "$STRATEGY_CONTEXT"
+      - name: Dump matrix context
+        env:
+          MATRIX_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(matrix) }}
+        run: echo "$MATRIX_CONTEXT"