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+name: Build pex & deb for release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  refresh:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          # pulls all commits (needed for lerna / semantic release to correctly version)
+          fetch-depth: "0"
+      # pulls all tags (needed for lerna / semantic release to correctly version)
+      - run: git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+      - uses: cachix/install-nix-action@v22
+        with:
+          github_access_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - run: nix-channel --add https://nixos.org/channels/nixpkgs-unstable nixpkgs
+      - run: nix-channel --update
+      - run: ./pex.sh
+      - run: ./deb.sh
+      - name: Store pex
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: pex
+          path: robot_failover.pex
+      - name: Store deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: deb
+          path: robot_failover.deb
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.cversion.outputs.version }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ steps.cversion.outputs.version }}
+          body: |
+            Install from mgit dpkg repo once released there
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Upload Release Asset .deb
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: robot_failover.deb
+          asset_name: robot-failover-${{ steps.cversion.outputs.version }}.deb
+          asset_content_type: application/vnd.debian.binary-package
+
+      - name: Upload Release Asset .pex
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: robot_failover.pex
+          asset_name: robot-failover-${{ steps.cversion.outputs.version }}.pex
+          asset_content_type: application/zip