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+name: Pre-releases
+on:
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**/*.md'
+      - '.all-contributorsrc'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create Pre-release for ${{ matrix.os_prefix }} (${{ matrix.arch }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          # compiling for arm32 needs a self-hosted runner on Raspi OS (32-bit)
+          - os: self-hosted
+            os_prefix: linux
+            arch: arm
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            os_prefix: linux
+            arch: x64
+          - os: windows-latest
+            os_prefix: windows
+            arch: x64
+          - os: macos-latest
+            os_prefix: macos
+            arch: x64
+          - os: macos-latest
+            os_prefix: macos
+            arch: aarch64
+          - os: macos-latest
+            os_prefix: linux
+            arch: aarch64
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout Examples Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: processing/processing-examples
+          path: processing-examples
+      - name: Install Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          architecture: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew packageDistributionForCurrentOS
+      - name: Add artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: processing-${{github.sha}}${{ matrix.os_prefix }}-${{ matrix.arch }}
+          path:  |
+            ./app/build/compose/binaries/**/*.dmb
+            ./app/build/compose/binaries/**/*.msi
+            ./app/build/compose/binaries/**/*.deb
+          retention-days: 1