diff --git a/.github/workflows/file-check.yaml b/.github/workflows/file-check.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be5eb09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/file-check.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+---
+
+# This workflow is a reusable workflow meant to be called on pull_request events.
+# The goal is to check the files in the pull request to make sure they have the appropriate size and type.
+# - We shouldn't allow files larger than 1MB.
+# - We shouldn't allow merging binaries, tarballs, or other non-text files.
+
+name: file check
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      fetch-depth:
+        description: 'The number of commits included in the refspec for fetch'
+        required: false
+        default: 20
+        type: number
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Get changed files
+        id: changed-files
+        uses: tj-actions/changed-files@v40
+      - name: Check files
+        run: ./scripts/file-check.sh "${{ steps.changed-files.outputs.all_changed_files }}"
+
+
+
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
index e12485a..daf1362 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-on: push
+on: pull_request
 
 permissions:
   packages: write
@@ -17,3 +17,6 @@ jobs:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/trivy.yaml
     with:
       name: '/test'
+
+  file-check:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/file-check.yaml
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diff --git a/scripts/file-check.sh b/scripts/file-check.sh
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index 0000000..31aec82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/file-check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+FILES=${1:-}
+# File size limit, defaults to 1MB
+LIMIT=${2:-1000000}
+FORBIDDEN_FILE_EXTENSIONS=".tar.gz .gzip .deb .rpm .dnf"
+
+function is_lfs() {
+    # Check if file is a git lfs object or a regular git file
+    # Returns 0 if file is a git lfs object, 1 otherwise
+    git check-attr filter "$1" | grep -q "filter: lfs" && return 1 || return 1
+
+}
+
+function check_file_extension() {
+    # Check the extension of a file and if it matches the forbidden extensions
+    # return 1, otherwise return true
+
+    # Get the file extension
+    extension=$(echo "$1" | rev | cut -d'.' -f1 | rev)
+    # Check if the extension is in the forbidden extensions list
+    if [[ $FORBIDDEN_FILE_EXTENSIONS =~ $extension ]]; then
+        return 1
+    else
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+function check_file_size() {
+    # Check if the file size is greater than the limit
+    # Returns 0 if file size is less than the limit, 1 otherwise
+    size=$(wc -c <"$1")
+    if [[ $size -gt $LIMIT ]]; then
+        return 1
+    else
+        return 0
+    fi
+}
+
+function log_error {
+    # log a GitHub Actions workflow command for errors.
+    message=$1
+    file=$2
+    echo "::error file=$file,line=1::${message}"
+}
+
+for file in $FILES; do
+    is_lfs "$file"
+    IS_LFS=$?
+    # Check if the file is a git lfs object
+    if [[ ${IS_LFS} -eq 1 ]]; then
+        check_file_extension "$file"
+        FILE_EXTENSION=$?
+        check_file_size "$file"
+        FILE_SIZE=$?
+
+        if [[ $size -gt $LIMIT ]]; then
+            log_error "File $file exceeds the size limit of $LIMIT bytes" $file
+            exit 1
+        elif [[ ${FILE_EXTENSION} -eq 1 ]]; then
+            log_error "File $file is not a valid file type" $file
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo "File $file is valid"
+done