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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      base:
+        description: 'Base branch to deploy core from'
+        required: false
+        default: 'main'
+
+jobs:
+  macbuild:
+    runs-on: macos-11
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/env@v4
+        with:
+          branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.base }} 
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/sc@v4
+
+      - name: zip release
+        run: zip -r ../FluCoMa-SC-Mac-nightly.zip FluidCorpusManipulation
+        working-directory: install
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2                                                                                                                                                 
+        with:                                                                                                                                                                            
+          name: macbuild                                                                                                                                                                 
+          path: FluCoMa-SC-Mac-"${{ needs.linuxbuild.outputs.version }}".zip
+
+  winbuild:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/env@v4
+        with:
+          branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.base }} 
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/sc@v4
+
+      - name: remove pdb files
+        run: Remove-Item install -Recurse -Include *.pdb
+
+      - name: zip release
+        run: Compress-Archive install/FluidCorpusManipulation FluCoMa-SC-Windows-nightly.zip
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2                                                                                                                                                 
+        with:                                                                                                                                                                            
+          name: winbuild                                                                                                                                                                
+          path: FluCoMa-SC-Windows-"${{ needs.linuxbuild.outputs.version }}".zip
+
+  linuxbuild:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/env@v4
+        with:
+          branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.base }} 
+      - uses: flucoma/actions/sc@v4
+
+      - name: zip release
+        run: zip -r ../FluCoMa-SC-Linux-nightly.zip FluidCorpusManipulation
+        working-directory: install
+        
+      - id: get-version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=version::$(cat flucoma.version.rc)"
+        working-directory: core
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2                                                                                                                                                 
+        with:                                                                                                                                                                            
+          name: linuxbuild                                                                                                                                                                
+          path: FluCoMa-SC-Linux-"${{ needs.linuxbuild.outputs.version }}".zip
+  
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [macbuild, winbuild, linuxbuild]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: macbuild
+          path: .
+      
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: winbuild
+          path: .
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: linuxbuild
+          path: .
+
+      - name: package and upload
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ needs.linuxbuild.outputs.version }}
+          body: "This is a release build of the FluCoMa SuperCollider package. The build hash is ${{ github.sha }}"
+          files: FluCoMa*.zip
+          prerelease: true
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.linuxbuild.outputs.version }}
+          draft: false