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+name: release
+
+# Only do the release on x.y.z tags.
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+    branches:
+    - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: string
+        description: "Release version"
+        required: true
+      dry-run:
+        type: choice
+        description: "Dry Run"
+        options:
+          - "no"
+          - "yes"
+        required: true
+
+# We need this to be able to create releases.
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  # The create-release job runs purely to initialize the GitHub release itself,
+  # and names the release after the `x.y.z` tag that was pushed. It's separate
+  # from building the release so that we only create the release once.
+  create-release:
+    name: create-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Inputs from workflow dispatch
+        shell: bash
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "DRY_RUN=${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          echo "DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event.inputs.dry-run }}"
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Get the release version from the tag
+        if: env.VERSION == ''
+        run: echo "VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Show the version
+        run: |
+          echo "version is: $VERSION"
+
+      - name: Check that tag version and Cargo.toml version are the same
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          if ! grep -q "version = \"$VERSION\"" tmaze/Cargo.toml; then
+            echo "version does not match Cargo.toml" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: gh release create $VERSION --draft --verify-tag --title $VERSION
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+
+  build-release:
+    name: build-release
+    needs: ['create-release']
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      # For some builds, we use cross to test on 32-bit and big-endian
+      # systems.
+      CARGO: cargo
+      # When CARGO is set to CROSS, this is set to `--target matrix.target`.
+      TARGET_FLAGS:
+      # When CARGO is set to CROSS, TARGET_DIR includes matrix.target.
+      TARGET_DIR: ./target
+      # Bump this as appropriate. We pin to a version to make sure CI
+      # continues to work as cross releases in the past have broken things
+      # in subtle ways.
+      CROSS_VERSION: v0.2.5
+      # Emit backtraces on panics.
+      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build: [linux, macos, macos-arm, win-msvc, win32-msvc]
+        include:
+        - build: linux
+          os: ubuntu-latest
+          rust: stable
+          target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+          name: x86_64-linux
+          strip: x86_64-linux-musl-strip
+        - build: linux-arm
+          os: ubuntu-latest
+          rust: stable
+          target: aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
+          name: aarch64-linux
+          strip: aarch64-linux-musl-strip
+        - build: macos
+          os: macos-12
+          rust: stable
+          target: x86_64-apple-darwin
+          name: x86_64-macos
+        - build: macos-arm
+          os: macos-12
+          rust: stable
+          target: aarch64-apple-darwin
+          name: aarch64-macos
+        - build: win-msvc
+          os: windows-latest
+          rust: stable
+          target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          name: x86_64-windows
+        - build: win32-msvc
+          os: windows-latest
+          rust: stable
+          target: i686-pc-windows-msvc
+          name: x86-windows
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install packages (Ubuntu)
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        sudo apt update
+        sudo apt install libasound2-dev
+
+    - name: Install Rust
+      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
+      with:
+        toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
+        target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+    - name: Use Cross
+      if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && matrix.target != ''
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # In the past, new releases of 'cross' have broken CI. So for now, we
+        # pin it. We also use their pre-compiled binary releases because cross
+        # has over 100 dependencies and takes a bit to compile.
+        dir="$RUNNER_TEMP/cross-download"
+        mkdir "$dir"
+        echo "$dir" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        cd "$dir"
+        curl -LO "https://github.com/cross-rs/cross/releases/download/$CROSS_VERSION/cross-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz"
+        tar xf cross-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
+        echo "CARGO=cross" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Set target variables
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "TARGET_FLAGS=--target ${{ matrix.target }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "TARGET_DIR=./target/${{ matrix.target }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Show command used for Cargo
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "cargo command is: ${{ env.CARGO }}"
+        echo "target flag is: ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }}"
+        echo "target dir is: ${{ env.TARGET_DIR }}"
+
+    - name: Build release binary
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        ${{ env.CARGO }} build --verbose --release ${{ env.TARGET_FLAGS }}
+        if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
+          bin="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/tmaze.exe"
+        else
+          bin="target/${{ matrix.target }}/release/tmaze"
+        fi
+        echo "BIN=$bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Strip release binary (macos)
+      if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
+      shell: bash
+      run: strip "$BIN"
+
+    - name: Strip release binary (cross)
+      if: env.CARGO == 'cross'
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        docker run --rm -v \
+          "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+          "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+          "${{ matrix.strip }}" \
+          "/$BIN"
+
+    - name: Rename binary according to target
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        # if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" = "windows-latest" ]; then
+        # #   cp "$BIN" "target/release/tmaze_${{ matrix.name }}.exe"
+        #   echo 
+        # else
+        #   cp "$BIN" "target/release/tmaze_${{ matrix.name }}"
+        # fi 
+        if [ "${{ matrix.os}}" == "windows-latest"]; then
+          cp "$BIN" "${{ env.TARGET_DIR}}/tmaze_${{ matrix.name }}.exe"
+        else
+          cp "$BIN" "${{ env.TARGET_DIR}}/tmaze_${{ matrix.name }}"
+        fi
+        echo "NEW_BIN=${{ env.TARGET_DIR}}/tmaze_${{ matrix.name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # - name: Determine archive name
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+    #     echo "ARCHIVE=ripgrep-$version-${{ matrix.target }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # - name: Creating directory for archive
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     mkdir -p "$ARCHIVE"/{complete,doc}
+    #     cp "$BIN" "$ARCHIVE"/
+    #     cp {README.md,COPYING,UNLICENSE,LICENSE-MIT} "$ARCHIVE"/
+    #     cp {CHANGELOG.md,FAQ.md,GUIDE.md} "$ARCHIVE"/doc/
+
+    # - name: Generate man page and completions (no emulation)
+    #   if: matrix.qemu == ''
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     "$BIN" --version
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-bash > "$ARCHIVE/complete/rg.bash"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-fish > "$ARCHIVE/complete/rg.fish"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-powershell > "$ARCHIVE/complete/_rg.ps1"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-zsh > "$ARCHIVE/complete/_rg"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate man > "$ARCHIVE/doc/rg.1"
+
+    # - name: Generate man page and completions (emulation)
+    #   if: matrix.qemu != ''
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" --version
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" \
+    #         --generate complete-bash > "$ARCHIVE/complete/rg.bash"
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" \
+    #         --generate complete-fish > "$ARCHIVE/complete/rg.fish"
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" \
+    #         --generate complete-powershell > "$ARCHIVE/complete/_rg.ps1"
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" \
+    #         --generate complete-zsh > "$ARCHIVE/complete/_rg"
+    #     docker run --rm -v \
+    #       "$PWD/target:/target:Z" \
+    #       "ghcr.io/cross-rs/${{ matrix.target }}:main" \
+    #       "${{ matrix.qemu }}" "/$BIN" \
+    #         --generate man > "$ARCHIVE/doc/rg.1"
+
+    # - name: Build archive (Windows)
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+    #   run: |
+    #     7z a "$ARCHIVE.zip" "$ARCHIVE"
+    #     certutil -hashfile "$ARCHIVE.zip" SHA256 > "$ARCHIVE.zip.sha256"
+    #     echo "ASSET=$ARCHIVE.zip" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    #     echo "ASSET_SUM=$ARCHIVE.zip.sha256" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # - name: Build archive (Unix)
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   if: matrix.os != 'windows-latest'
+    #   run: |
+    #     tar czf "$ARCHIVE.tar.gz" "$ARCHIVE"
+    #     shasum -a 256 "$ARCHIVE.tar.gz" > "$ARCHIVE.tar.gz.sha256"
+    #     echo "ASSET=$ARCHIVE.tar.gz" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    #     echo "ASSET_SUM=$ARCHIVE.tar.gz.sha256" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Upload release archive
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+        gh release upload "$version" ${{ env.NEW_BIN }}
+
+  build-release-deb:
+    name: build-release-deb
+    needs: ['create-release']
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      TARGET: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+      # Emit backtraces on panics.
+      RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install packages (Ubuntu)
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install libasound2-dev
+
+    - name: Install Rust
+      uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@master
+      with:
+        toolchain: stable
+        target: ${{ env.TARGET }}
+
+    - name: Install cargo-deb
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cargo install cargo-deb
+
+    # # 'cargo deb' does not seem to provide a way to specify an asset that is
+    # # created at build time, such as ripgrep's man page. To work around this,
+    # # we force a debug build, copy out the man page (and shell completions)
+    # # produced from that build, put it into a predictable location and then
+    # # build the deb, which knows where to look.
+    # - name: Build debug binary to create release assets
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     cargo build --target ${{ env.TARGET }}
+    #     bin="target/${{ env.TARGET }}/debug/rg"
+    #     echo "BIN=$bin" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Create deployment directory
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        dir=deployment/deb
+        mkdir -p "$dir"
+        echo "DEPLOY_DIR=$dir" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # - name: Generate man page
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     "$BIN" --generate man > "$DEPLOY_DIR/rg.1"
+
+    # - name: Generate shell completions
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-bash > "$DEPLOY_DIR/rg.bash"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-fish > "$DEPLOY_DIR/rg.fish"
+    #     "$BIN" --generate complete-zsh > "$DEPLOY_DIR/_rg"
+
+    - name: Build release binary
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cargo deb --profile deb --target ${{ env.TARGET }}
+        version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+        echo "DEB_DIR=target/${{ env.TARGET }}/debian" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "DEB_NAME=tmaze_$version-1_amd64.deb" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # - name: Create sha256 sum of deb file
+    #   shell: bash
+    #   run: |
+    #     cd "$DEB_DIR"
+    #     sum="$DEB_NAME.sha256"
+    #     shasum -a 256 "$DEB_NAME" > "$sum"
+    #     echo "SUM=$sum" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Upload release archive
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        cd "$DEB_DIR"
+        version="${{ needs.create-release.outputs.version }}"
+        gh release upload "$version" "$DEB_NAME" "$SUM"
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