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+name: release
+
+on:
+    workflow_dispatch:
+        inputs:
+          publishPreRelease:
+            description: 'Publish a pre-release ?'
+            required: true
+            type: choice
+            options:
+              - 'true'
+              - 'false'
+            default: 'true'
+          publishToMarketPlace:
+            description: 'Publish to VS Code Marketplace ?'
+            required: true
+            type: choice
+            options:
+              - 'true'
+              - 'false'
+            default: 'false'
+          publishToOVSX:
+            description: 'Publish to OpenVSX Registry ?'
+            required: true
+            type: choice
+            options:
+              - 'true'
+              - 'false'
+            default: 'false'
+
+jobs:
+    packaging-job:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout vscode-openshift-tools
+              uses: actions/checkout@v3
+            - name: Use Node.js
+              uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+              with:
+                node-version: 16
+            - name: Install dependencies
+              run: |
+                  npm install -g typescript "vsce" "ovsx"
+                  npm install
+                  echo "EXT_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            - name: Compile
+              run: npm run compile
+            - name: Package
+              run: |
+                  jq --tab '.extensionDependencies += [ "ms-kubernetes-tools.vscode-kubernetes-tools" ]' package.json  > package.json.new
+                  mv package.json.new package.json
+                  node ./out/build/update-readme.js
+
+                  declare -A targets
+                  targets["win32-x64"]=win32
+                  targets["win32-arm64"]=win32
+                  targets["linux-x64"]=linux
+                  targets["darwin-x64"]=darwin
+                  targets["darwin-arm64"]=darwin
+
+                  for target in ${!targets[@]}; do
+                    export TARGET=${targets[${target}]}
+                    vsce package --target ${target} -o openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}-${target}.vsix
+                    sha256sum *-${target}.vsix > openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}-${target}.vsix.sha256
+                  done
+
+                  ls -lash *.vsix *.sha256
+            - name: Upload VSIX Artifacts
+              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+              with:
+                name: openshift-toolkit
+                path: openshift-toolkit*-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${{github.run_number}}*.vsix
+                if-no-files-found: error
+            - name: Publish to GH Release Tab
+              if: ${{ inputs.publishToMarketPlace == 'true' && inputs.publishToOVSX == 'true' }}
+              uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@919008cf3f741b179569b7a6fb4d8860689ab7f0"
+              with:
+                repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+                automatic_release_tag: "${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}"
+                draft: true
+                files: |
+                  openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${{github.run_number}}*.vsix
+                  openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${{github.run_number}}*.sha256
+
+    release-job:
+        environment: ${{ (inputs.publishToMarketPlace == 'true' || inputs.publishToOVSX == 'true') && 'release' || 'pre-release' }}
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        needs: packaging-job
+        steps:
+        - name: Checkout vscode-openshift-tools
+          uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        - name: Use Node.js
+          uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+          with:
+            node-version: 16
+        - name: Install dependencies
+          run: |
+              npm install -g typescript "vsce" "ovsx"
+              echo "EXT_VERSION=$(cat package.json | jq -r .version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        - name: Download VSIX Artifacts
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        - name: Publish to VS Code Marketplace
+          if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' || inputs.publishToMarketPlace == 'true' || inputs.publishPreRelease == 'true' }}
+          run: |
+              for platform in darwin-x64 darwin-arm64 linux-x64 win32-x64 win32-arm64; do
+                echo vsce publish -p ${{ secrets.VSCODE_MARKETPLACE_TOKEN }} --packagePath openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}-${platform}.vsix
+              done
+        - name: Publish to OpenVSX Registry
+          if: ${{ github.event_name == 'schedule' || inputs.publishToOVSX == 'true' || inputs.publishPreRelease == 'true' }}
+          run: |
+              for platform in darwin-x64 darwin-arm64 linux-x64 win32-x64 win32-arm64; do
+                echo ovsx publish -p ${{ secrets.OVSX_MARKETPLACE_TOKEN }} --packagePath openshift-toolkit-${{ env.EXT_VERSION }}-${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}-${platform}.vsix
+              done