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+# modified from https://github.com/Ebonsignori/obsidian-auto-journal/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yml
+# Creates a new GitHub Release when a tag is pushed
+name: Release
+
+permissions:
+    contents: write
+
+on:
+    push:
+        tags:
+            - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+
+env:
+    PLUGIN_NAME: quick-nav
+
+jobs:
+    release:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+        steps:
+            - name: Check out Git repository
+              uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+            - name: Set up Node.js
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                  node-version: 20
+
+            - name: Build and zip
+              id: build
+              run: |
+                  tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
+                  # Set tag as output for following steps
+                  echo "tag=$tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+                  # Update version in manifest.json and package.json
+                  jq --arg tag "$tag" '.version = $tag' manifest.json >> tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json manifest.json
+                  jq --arg tag "$tag" '.version = $tag' package.json >> tmp.$$.json && mv tmp.$$.json package.json
+
+                  # Build and zip release
+                  npm install
+                  npm run build
+                  mkdir ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}
+                  cp main.js manifest.json ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}
+                  zip -r ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}.zip ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}
+
+            - name: Commit version changes
+              uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+              with:
+                  default_author: github_actor
+                  add: "manifest.json package.json package-lock.json"
+                  message: "Release v${{ steps.build.outputs.tag }}"
+                  push: "origin HEAD:${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }} --force"
+                  # Override existing tag with new tag that has version bump
+                  tag: "${{ steps.build.outputs.tag }} --force"
+                  tag_push: "--force"
+
+            - name: Release with files
+              uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+              with:
+                  name: ${{ steps.build.outputs.tag }}
+                  body: "*Release of ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }} v${{ steps.build.outputs.tag }} auto-created by [release.yml](.github/workflows/release.yml)*"
+                  files: |
+                      ${{ env.PLUGIN_NAME }}.zip
+                      main.js
+                      manifest.json