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+name: Deployment Workflow
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - test-git-actions
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: "@mindfiredigital/pivothead_core"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      packages: read
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        run: npm install -g pnpm  # Install pnpm globally
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install  # Use pnpm to install dependencies
+
+      - name: Build application
+        run: pnpm run build  # Use pnpm to run the build
+
+      - name: Set Git user name and email
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Actions"
+
+  create-github-release:
+    name: Create Github release document and publish to node
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    needs: build
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        run: npm install -g pnpm  # Install pnpm globally
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install  # Use pnpm to install dependencies
+
+      - name: Semantic Release and npm release
+        run: |
+          npx semantic-release
+        # env:
+        #   NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        #   GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Upload build artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: core-build-zip  # Name of the artifact
+          path: ./packages/core/dist  # Path to the build folder to zip and upload