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-name: Build release binaries
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "release/**"
-
-env:
-  BINARY_NAME: rustic
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    name: Publishing ${{ matrix.job.target }}
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.job.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        rust: [stable]
-        job:
-          - os: windows-latest
-            os-name: windows
-            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
-            architecture: x86_64
-            binary-postfix: ".exe"
-            use-cross: false
-          - os: macos-latest
-            os-name: macos
-            target: x86_64-apple-darwin
-            architecture: x86_64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: false
-          - os: macos-latest
-            os-name: macos
-            target: aarch64-apple-darwin
-            architecture: arm64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: true
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: linux
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            architecture: x86_64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: false
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: linux
-            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
-            architecture: x86_64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: false
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: linux
-            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
-            architecture: arm64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: true
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: linux
-            target: i686-unknown-linux-gnu
-            architecture: i686
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: true
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: netbsd
-            target: x86_64-unknown-netbsd
-            architecture: x86_64
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: true
-          - os: ubuntu-latest
-            os-name: linux
-            target: armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf
-            architecture: armv7
-            binary-postfix: ""
-            use-cross: true
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@3df4ab11eba7bda6032a0b82a6bb43b11571feac # v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # fetch all history so that git describe works
-      - name: Create binary artifact
-        uses: rustic-rs/create-binary-artifact-action@main # dev
-        with:
-          toolchain: ${{ matrix.rust }}
-          target: ${{ matrix.job.target }}
-          use-cross: ${{ matrix.job.use-cross }}
-          describe-tag-suffix: ""
-          binary-postfix: ${{ matrix.job.binary-postfix }}
-          os: ${{ runner.os }}
-          binary-name: ${{ env.BINARY_NAME }}
-          package-secondary-name: ${{ matrix.job.target}}
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          gpg-release-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_RELEASE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          rsign-release-private-key: ${{ secrets.RSIGN_RELEASE_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          rsign-passphrase: ${{ secrets.RSIGN_PASSPHRASE }}
-          github-ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          sign-release: true
-          hash-release: true
-          use-project-version: false # not being used in rustic_server
-#
-# TODO!: add publishing to release draft
-# TODO!: include changelog in release draft
-#
-# publish-cargo:
-#   name: Publishing to Cargo
-#   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#   steps:
-#     - name: Checkout repository
-#       uses: actions/checkout@v4
-#     - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-#     with:
-#       toolchain: stable
-#       profile: minimal
-#       override: true
-#   - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-#     with:
-#       key: ${{ matrix.job.target }}
-#   - uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-#     with:
-#       command: publish
-#       args: --token ${{ secrets.CARGO_API_KEY }}