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+name: Release MeshChat Package
+on:
+    pull_request:
+        types: [closed]
+        branches: [release]
+env:
+  IPK_DIR: package/meshchat-ipkg
+jobs:
+  calculate-version-number:
+    runs-on: registry.gitlab.com/wt0f/gitlab-runner-images/node:latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - run: npm install -g release-it @release-it/conventional-changelog @commitlint/config-conventional @commitlint/cli auto-changelog
+      - run: npx release-it --ci
+
+
+  #     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+  #       with:
+  #         name: meshchat
+  #         path: |
+  #           VERSION
+
+  # create-meshchat-package:
+  #   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+  #   steps:
+  #     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+  #     - run: package/populate-meshchat-fs.sh $IPK_DIR
+  #     - run: package/update-version.sh $IPK_DIR
+  #     - run: package/ipk-build.sh $IPK_DIR
+  #     - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+  #       with:
+  #         name: meshchat
+  #         path: |
+  #           meshchat_*.ipk
+  #           VERSION
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+git:
+  commit: true
+  commitMessage: "chore(release): ${version}"
+  commitArgs: ""
+  tag: true
+  tagName: "v${version}"
+  tagAnnotation: "Automated release: ${version}"
+  push: true
+  requireBranch: release
+  requireCommits: true
+  changelog: "npx auto-changelog --stdout --commit-limit false"
+
+github:
+  release: true
+  releaseName: "v${version}"
+  assets: ["*.ipk", "*.deb"]
+
+npm:
+  publish: false
+
+plugins:
+  "@release-it/conventional-changelog":
+    infile: CHANGELOG.md
+    preset:
+      name: conventionalcommits
+      types:
+        - type: feat
+          section: Features
+        - type: fix
+          section: Bug Fixes
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