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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: "16"
+      - name: Install and Build
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run build
+      - name: Get the version
+        id: get_version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
+      - name: Rename and compress build
+        run: |
+          mv dist grampsjs-${{steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION}}
+          tar -czf grampsjs-${{steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION}}.tar.gz grampsjs-${{steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION}}
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: grampsjs-${{steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION}}.tar.gz