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Using Existing GitHub Actions
00:00 GitHub workflows can also contain predefined GitHub Actions from other people or organizations, and it’s actually common practice to use existing GitHub Actions in your workflow files.
00:12 You can look for existing GitHub Actions on the GitHub Marketplace. As a Python developer, you’ll probably most often use the checkout action and the setup Python action.
00:22 With the checkout action, you can check out your repository and access your files in the workflow.
00:29 With the setup Python action, you can control the specific Python version you want to use in your workflows, among other things.
00:38 You will use the checkout action later on this course. For now, let’s continue with the setup Python action.
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