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How Do Software Developers Use GitHub Actions to Automate Their Workflows?

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Main Authors:	Kinsman, Timothy, Wessel, Mairieli, Gerosa, Marco A., Treude, Christoph
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2021
Subjects:	Software Engineering
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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