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+# Copyright The ORAS Authors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: CodeQL
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - release-*
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '27 15 * * 0'
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        dotnet-version: ['8.0.x']
+      fail-fast: false
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up dotnet ${{ matrix.dotnet-version }} environment
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: ${{ matrix.dotnet-version }}
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+        with:
+          languages: csharp
+      - name: Autobuild
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v3
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+        with:
+          category: "/language:csharp"