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+name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+      - name: Run chmod to make gradlew executable
+        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
+      - name: Publish package to local staging directory
+        run: ./gradlew :publish
+      - name: Publish package to maven central
+        env:
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME }}
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: ./gradlew :jreleaserDeploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=local::file:./build/staging-deploy