Azure DevOps does not require a YAML file in the root of the repository either - it's quite common to have them in a 'ci' folder. While I prefer GitHub Actions

Azure DevOps does not require a YAML file in the root of the repository either - it's quite common to have them in a 'ci' folder. While I prefer GitHub Actions in most respects, duplicated setup work and jobs are handled much better by the Azure version currently IMO.