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+name: Publish Workflow
+on:
+  pull_request: # testing for now
+    branches:
+      - main
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish library
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: adopt
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Verify Gradle wrapper
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v2
+
+      - name: Run checks
+        run: ./gradlew check
+
+      - name: Publish to Gitea package repository
+        env:
+          TINYVM_VERSION: "0.0.0" # testing for now
+          GITEA_USERNAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.deploy_token }}
+        run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToGiteaRepository
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