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-name: smoke
-# Trivial workflow to validate the Gitea Actions runner pickup.
-# Removed in a follow-up commit once green on chore/podman-and-ci.
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - chore/podman-and-ci
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  hello:
-    runs-on: linux
-    steps:
-      - name: kernel + identity
-        run: |
-          echo "host: $(uname -a)"
-          id
-          cat /etc/os-release | head -3
-      - name: container runtime visible from job
-        run: |
-          which podman || which docker || echo "(no runtime visible — expected for nested rootless DooD)"