Prevent bigger files from being checked in

.github/workflows/repo_check.yml

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+name: Repo Check
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.sha }}-${{ github.workflow }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  check-files:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: james-callahan/gha-prevent-big-files@5bff33da9b9970f671495034b0f7255619b1b8e0
+        with:
+          # 1 MB in bytes. 1 MB ought to be enough for anybody.
+          # TODO in case we may want to consciously commit a bigger file to the repo we may disable the check e.g. with a label
+          max-size: 1048576