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+name: Build release and Push to Github Packages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "release" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: 'master' #V1_6_6
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '11'
+
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn -B clean package -pl :pljava-api
+
+      - name: Push artefact to Github Packages
+        run: mvn -B deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=githublatlon::https://maven.pkg.github.com/lat-lon/pljava
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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