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+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on: [ push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ 'cpp' ]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: >-
+          sudo apt update && sudo apt install
+          build-essential
+          ninja-build
+          libfreetype-dev
+          libsdl2-dev
+          libpng-dev
+          libc6-dev
+          librtmidi-dev
+          qtbase5-dev
+          qttools5-dev
+          libopenal-dev
+          libvncserver-dev
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+
+      - name: Autobuild
+        uses: github/codeql-action/autobuild@v2
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+        with:
+          category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"