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+name: Check that PRs do not contain prereleaseSuffixes
+on: 
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      # TODO[FH]: remove before PR is merged.
+      - testmain
+      - master
+jobs:
+  lint-python-code:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: psf/black@stable
+        with: 
+          src: "./source/operators/secretsmanagementOperator-hc"