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+name: "Code Scanning - CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  schedule:
+    # minute, hour, day of month, month, day of week
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 0'
+
+jobs:
+  CodeQL-Build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        goos: [windows, linux]
+        include:
+          - goos: linux
+            root: ""
+            dirs: >-
+              ./cmd/gcs/...
+              ./cmd/gcstools/...
+              ./cmd/dmverity-vhd/...
+              ./cmd/hooks/...
+              ./internal/guest...
+              ./internal/tools/...
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          show-progress: false
+
+      - name: CodeQL Initialize
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: go, cpp
+
+      - name: CodeQL Analyze
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2