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+name: Publish a release
+run-name: ${{ github.actor }} triggered a release upon new tag
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "ibsim-*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0'
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          ./dist.sh
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          test -e ibsim*.tar.gz
+      - name: Generate Changelog
+        run: |
+           echo "All component versions are from recent master branch." > ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+           echo "Full list of changes are below:\n" >> ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+           git shortlog -n $(git tag --sort=-creatordate | grep ibsim- | head -2 | tail -n 1)..HEAD >> ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+      - name: Print Changelog
+        run: |
+          cat ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v0.1.15
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          body_path: ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
+          files: |
+            ibsim*.tar.gz