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+name: Release Workflow
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - stable
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      # more to come