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+name: "Event Logger"
+
+on:
+  release:
+  workflow_run:
+
+jobs:
+  release_logger:
+    # allows for both the workflow_dispatch and push events to trigger this job
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Dump GitHub context
+      env:
+        GITHUB_CONTEXT: ${{ toJson(github) }}
+      run: echo "$GITHUB_CONTEXT"
+
+    - name: Variables
+      run: |
+        echo "::notice:: event_name: ${{ github.event_name }}"
+        echo "::notice:: event_action: ${{ github.event.action }}"