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title: "How can you use GitHub Actions to run tests before merging code?"  
description: "How can you use GitHub Actions to run tests before merging code?"  
author: "Rana Sunny"  
published: 2025-07-07  
updated: 2025-07-08  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/161799/how-can-you-use-github-actions-to-run-tests-before-merging-code  
category: "GitHub"  
tags: ["github", "git"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# How can you use GitHub Actions to run tests before merging code?

**How can you use [GitHub](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/34563/bitbucket-vs-github-vs-gitlab) [Actions](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/156060/what-are-the-actions-performed-by-sql-server) to run [tests](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/audio/1136/sat-subject-tests) before [merging](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/446/copying-merging-and-or-uniting-records-in-sql-server) [code](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/85458/alan-turing-the-mastermind-behind-cracking-the-enigma-code-during-world-war-ii)?**


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