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+name: Publish Icesat2 to PyPI
+
+on:    
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+        # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+        id-token: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.11
+      
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install build twine
+
+    - name: Build package
+      run: |
+        python -m build
+
+    - name: Publish to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      with:
+        packages_dir: dist
+        repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/