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+# Copyright The Notary Project Authors.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Check dist/
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check-dist:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Node 16.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 16.x
+          cache: npm
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install
+      - name: Rebuild the dist/ directory
+        run: npm run build
+      - name: Compare the expected and actual dist/ directories
+        run: |
+          if [ "$(git diff --ignore-space-at-eol dist/ | wc -l)" -gt "0" ]; then
+            echo "DIFFERENCES DETECTED: 'npm run build' is needed after code changes. See status below:"
+            git diff
+            exit 1
+          fi
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