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+name: "Setup environment"
+description: "Setup a python environment with `hatch`, `pip`, and `changie` installed"
+
+inputs:
+    python-version:
+        description: "The version of python to install"
+        default: "3.8"
+
+runs:
+    using: composite
+    steps:
+    -   name: "[DEBUG] Inputs"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            echo "==========INPUTS=========="
+            echo python-version : ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+    -   name: "Install 'python${{ inputs.python-version }}`"
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+            python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+
+    -   name: "Install `hatch`"
+        shell: bash
+        run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip hatch
+
+    -   name: "Install `changie`"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            export PATH=$PATH:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/bin:/home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/sbin
+            brew tap miniscruff/changie https://github.com/miniscruff/changie
+            brew install changie
+
+    -   name: "[DEBUG] Outputs"
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+            echo "==========OUTPUTS=========="
+            echo "N/A"