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+name: spike
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [gitea-spike]
+jobs:
+  docker-runner:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: https://git.protopeer.com/peptide-repo/peptide-e2e/.gitea/actions/hello@gitea-spike
+        with: {who: docker}
+      - run: 'echo "secret lens: key=${#K} host=${#H} user=${#U} smoke=${#S} var=[${V}]"'
+        env: {K: "${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}", H: "${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}", U: "${{ secrets.STAGING_WP_ADMIN_USER }}", S: "${{ secrets.STAGING_WP_ADMIN_PASSWORD }}", V: "${{ vars.PROD_DEPLOY_ENABLED }}"}
+  host-runner:
+    runs-on: peptide-vps
+    needs: docker-runner
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: https://git.protopeer.com/peptide-repo/peptide-e2e/.gitea/actions/hello@gitea-spike
+        with: {who: host}
+      - run: 'command -v rsync ssh; echo "sha=${GITHUB_SHA:0:7} server=${GITHUB_SERVER_URL} repo=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"'