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+name: Verify badges delivery
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [verify-badges-delivery]
+jobs:
+  verify:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.2.2
+      - name: Commit an SVG to an orphan branch with the token of the run
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          d=$(mktemp -d)
+          cat > "$d/code-files.svg" <<'SVG'
+          <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="90" height="20" role="img" aria-label="code files: 12"><title>code files: 12</title><rect width="60" height="20" fill="#555"/><rect x="60" width="30" height="20" fill="#007ec6"/><text x="5" y="14" fill="#fff" font-size="11">files</text><text x="65" y="14" fill="#fff" font-size="11">12</text></svg>
+          SVG
+          git config user.name "badges-verify"
+          git config user.email "badges-verify@invalid"
+          git checkout --orphan badges-verify
+          git rm -rf -q . || true
+          cp "$d/code-files.svg" code-files.svg
+          git add code-files.svg
+          git commit -q -m "Update code metrics badges [skip ci]"
+          git push origin HEAD:refs/heads/badges-verify
+          echo "pushed"
+          git ls-remote origin refs/heads/badges-verify
+      - name: Read the raw URL
+        run: |
+          set -eu
+          u="${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/raw/branch/badges-verify/code-files.svg"
+          echo "$u"
+          curl -s -D - -o /dev/null -H "Authorization: token ${{ github.token }}" "$u" | head -12