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+# build a new beta release and push it to apple
+name: test
+
+# Controls when the action will run.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  buildAndPublishBeta:
+    name: "Build and Publish Beta Release"
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    outputs:
+      release-tag: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.tag }}
+      release-name: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.name }}
+      release-changelog: ${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          clean: true
+          submodules: true
+          fetch-depth: 100
+          fetch-tags: true
+          show-progress: true
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Checkout beta
+        run: git checkout beta
+      - name: Checkout submodules
+        run: git submodule update -f --init --remote
+      - name: Extract version number and changelog from newest merge commit
+        id: releasenotes
+        run: |
+          buildNumber=$(git tag --sort="v:refname" | grep "Build_iOS" | tail -n1 | sed 's/Build_iOS_//g')
+          echo "tag=Build_iOS_$buildNumber" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "name=Monal :$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%s | sed -E 's/^\s*([^\s]+)\s+\(([^\s]+)\)\s*$/\1 (Build '$buildNumber', PR \2)/g'):" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "notes<<__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "$(git log -n 1 --merges --pretty=format:%b)" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "__EOF__" | tee /dev/stderr >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Publish ios to appstore connect
+        run: |
+          notes=$(printf '%s\n' "${{ steps.releasenotes.outputs.notes }}" | jq -sRr @sh)
+          fastlane run upload_to_testflight api_key_path:"/Users/ci/appstoreconnect/key.json" team_id:"S8D843U34Y" changelog:$notes distribute_external:true groups:"Internal Pre-Beta Testers","Public Beta" reject_build_waiting_for_review:true submit_beta_review:true