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-# Copyright 2019-2023 Tauri Programme within The Commons Conservancy
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
-
-name: version or publish
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - next
-
-jobs:
-  version-or-publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 65
-    outputs:
-      change: ${{ steps.covector.outputs.change }}
-      commandRan: ${{ steps.covector.outputs.commandRan }}
-      successfulPublish: ${{ steps.covector.outputs.successfulPublish }}
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
-        with:
-          node-version: 14
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: yarn
-          cache-dependency-path: tooling/*/yarn.lock
-
-      - name: cargo login
-        run: cargo login ${{ secrets.ORG_CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
-      - name: git config
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "${{ github.event.pusher.name }}"
-          git config --global user.email "${{ github.event.pusher.email }}"
-
-      - name: covector version or publish (publish when no change files present)
-        uses: jbolda/covector/packages/action@covector-v0
-        id: covector
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ORG_NPM_TOKEN }}
-          CARGO_AUDIT_OPTIONS: ${{ secrets.CARGO_AUDIT_OPTIONS }}
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          command: 'version-or-publish'
-          createRelease: true
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request With Versions Bumped
-        if: steps.covector.outputs.commandRan == 'version'
-        uses: tauri-apps/create-pull-request@v3
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          branch: release/version-updates-next
-          title: (NEXT) Apply Version Updates From Current Changes
-          commit-message: 'apply version updates'
-          labels: 'version updates'
-          body: ${{ steps.covector.outputs.change }}
-
-      - name: Trigger doc update
-        if: |
-          steps.covector.outputs.successfulPublish == 'true' &&
-          steps.covector.outputs.packagesPublished != ''
-        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ORG_TAURI_BOT_PAT }}
-          repository: tauri-apps/tauri-docs
-          event-type: update-docs
-
-      - name: Trigger cli.js publishing workflow
-        if: |
-          steps.covector.outputs.successfulPublish == 'true' &&
-          contains(steps.covector.outputs.packagesPublished, 'cli.rs')
-        uses: benc-uk/workflow-dispatch@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ORG_TAURI_BOT_PAT }}
-          workflow: publish-cli-js.yml
-          inputs: '{"releaseId": "${{ steps.covector.outputs.cli.js-releaseId }}", "ref": "${{ github.ref }}" }'
-
-      - name: Trigger cli.rs publishing workflow
-        if: |
-          steps.covector.outputs.successfulPublish == 'true' &&
-          contains(steps.covector.outputs.packagesPublished, 'cli.rs')
-        uses: benc-uk/workflow-dispatch@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.ORG_TAURI_BOT_PAT }}
-          workflow: publish-cli-rs.yml