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-name: 📦 Releases and packaging
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  check-version:
-    name: Check version number
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@master
-    - name: Set up Python 3.12
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
-      with:
-        python-version: "3.12"
-
-    - name: Install PyGitHub
-      run: pip3 install PyGitHub
-    - name: Check version number and make release if necessary
-      run: python .github/scripts/version.py ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      id: version-check
-
-    - name: Trigger Read the Docs build
-      run: python .github/scripts/trigger_rtd_build.py ${{ secrets.RTDS_TOKEN }}
-      if: steps.version-check.outputs.release == 'yes'
-
-    - name: Build a wheel for PyPI
-      run: |
-        python3 -m pip install build
-        python3 -m build .
-      if: steps.version-check.outputs.release == 'yes'
-    - name: Publish to PyPI
-      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-      with:
-        password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}
-      if: steps.version-check.outputs.release == 'yes'