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+name: Try to expand local template using cargo-generate
+on:
+  push:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      PROJECT_NAME: project-foo 
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: cargo-generate/cargo-generate-action@latest
+        with:
+          name: ${{ env.PROJECT_NAME }}
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      # we need to move the generated project to a temp folder, away from the template project
+      # otherwise `cargo` runs would fail 
+      # see https://github.com/rust-lang/cargo/issues/9922
+      - run: |
+          mv $PROJECT_NAME ${{ runner.temp }}/
+          cd ${{ runner.temp }}/$PROJECT_NAME
+          cargo check
+          cargo test