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+name: release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "The version to tag (without the leading 'v'). If omitted, will initiate a dry run (no uploads)."
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: "Whether the release is a pre-release."
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  tag-release:
+    name: Tag release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: validate-tag
+    # If you don't set an input tag, it's a dry run (no uploads).
+    if: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+    permissions:
+      # For git tag
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: git tag
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "martin.kim@scverse.org"
+          git config --global user.name "scvi-tools release"
+          git tag -m "${{ inputs.tag }}" "${{ inputs.tag }}"
+          git push --tags
+
+  publish-release:
+    name: Publish to GitHub
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: tag-release
+    # If you don't set an input tag, it's a dry run (no uploads).
+    if: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+    permissions:
+      # For GitHub release publishing
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          prerelease: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}