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+name: Create Release and Publish Artifacts
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout the code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Set up Java 11
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      with:
+        java-version: '11'
+        distribution: 'adoptopenjdk'  
+
+    - name: Cache Maven dependencies
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/.m2/repository
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
+
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
+    - name: Extract version from pom.xml
+      id: version
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -m "/project/version" -v . pom.xml)
+        echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Check if the version already exists
+      id: check_release
+      run: |
+        RELEASE_EXISTS=$(gh release view ${{ env.VERSION }} --json tagName --jq '.tagName' || echo "")
+        echo "Release exists: $RELEASE_EXISTS"
+        if [[ -n "$RELEASE_EXISTS" ]]; then
+          echo "Release already exists. Skipping..."
+          exit 0
+        fi
+
+    - name: Create GitHub Release
+      id: create_release
+      run: |
+        gh release create ${{ env.VERSION }} target/*.jar --title "Release ${{ env.VERSION }}" --notes "Release created automatically from GitHub Actions"
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Upload JARs as artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: keycloak-admin-events-logger-artifacts
+        path: target/*.jar
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