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+name: Release
+
+# A pushed v* tag makes this workflow build every desktop target, run the
+# end-to-end suites and attach the binaries to the matching GitHub release.
+# workflow_dispatch lets an existing tag be rebuilt without moving it.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "Tag to build and publish (for example v1.0.1)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: End-to-end tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: golink suite
+        run: ./smoketest/run.sh
+
+      - name: goscp suite
+        run: ./smoketest/run-goscp.sh
+
+  release:
+    name: Build and publish
+    needs: test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Resolve tag
+        id: tag
+        env:
+          DISPATCH_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+          PUSHED_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          tag="${DISPATCH_TAG:-$PUSHED_TAG}"
+          echo "value=$tag" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "building $tag"
+
+      - name: Build every target
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.value }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          VERSION="${TAG#v}" ./build.sh
+
+      - name: Verify the binaries
+        env:
+          TAG: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.value }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          want="${TAG#v}"
+          for program in golink goscp; do
+            got="$(./dist/$program -version | awk '{print $2}')"
+            echo "$program: $got"
+            [ "$got" = "$want" ] || { echo "version mismatch: want $want, got $got" >&2; exit 1; }
+          done
+          sha256sum -c dist/SHA256SUMS
+
+      - name: Publish to the release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          TAG: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.value }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if gh release view "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "release $TAG already exists, replacing assets"
+          else
+            gh release create "$TAG" \
+              --title "sshtools $TAG" \
+              --generate-notes \
+              --verify-tag
+          fi
+          gh release upload "$TAG" dist/golink_* dist/goscp_* dist/SHA256SUMS --clobber
+          gh release view "$TAG"