add the validate job
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
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+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
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+# 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: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'trunk'
+      - '4.0'
+
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * 6,0'    # Run on Saturday and Sunday at midnight UTC
+
+  pull_request:
+    types: [ opened, synchronize, ready_for_review, reopened ]
+    branches:
+      - 'trunk'
+      - '4.0'
+
+  merge_group:
+    types: 
+      - checks_requested
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event.pull_request.number || github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/pull/') }}
+
+jobs:
+  validate-patch:
+  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+    - name: Display info
+      run: |
+        pwd
+        tree -a -I '.git'
+        echo "Action: ${{ github.event.action }}"
+        echo "Sender: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}"
+        git status
+        git log origin/main..HEAD
+    - name: Validate files
+      run: sleep 5
+
+  build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      is-trunk: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/trunk' }}
+      is-public-fork: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork || false }}
+    secrets:
+      inherit