diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
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+name: build test
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: read
+on: [pull_request]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: build test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: 'Build OCF'
+      run: cd tests/build; make