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+name: examples
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        example:
+          - uki
+          - bls
+          # https://github.com/containers/composefs-rs/issues/49
+          # - unified
+      fail-fast: false
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Enable fs-verity on /
+      run: sudo tune2fs -O verity $(findmnt -vno SOURCE /)
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get install -y meson mtools qemu-system systemd-boot-efi
+
+    - name: Get a newer podman for heredoc support (from debian testing)
+      run: |
+        set -eux
+        echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing main' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/testing.list
+        sudo apt update
+        sudo apt install -y crun/testing podman/testing skopeo/testing
+        crun --version
+        podman --version
+        skopeo --version
+
+    - name: Install composefs
+      run: |
+        set -eux
+        git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/containers/composefs
+        cd composefs
+        meson setup build
+        ninja -C build
+        sudo ninja -C build install
+        sudo ldconfig
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Disable fix-verity hack (requires KVM)
+      run: printf '#!/bin/sh\n' > examples/common/fix-verity/fix-verity
+
+    - run: examples/${{ matrix.example }}/build