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+name: Setup Development Environment
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/copilot-setup-steps.yml
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  # The job name MUST be 'copilot-setup-steps' to be picked up by GitHub Copilot
+  copilot-setup-steps:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v2
+        with:
+          global-json-file: global.json
+
+      - name: Restore dependencies
+        run: dotnet restore src/OctoshiftCLI.sln