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+name: GitHub Actions Release
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  contents: write
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+        - master
+    tags:
+        - '*.*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+        - master
+jobs:
+  cppcheck-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo "This job was triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
+    - name: Checkout Repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get install -y cppcheck && \
+        cppcheck . --force --inline-suppr
+  build-test-ubuntu-ish:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-22.04-arm]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        ./configure && make && make check
+        timeout 300 src/iperf3 -s &
+        ./test_commands.sh localhost
+  build-test-macos-ish:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [macos-15, macos-14]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        brew install coreutils
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        ./configure && make && make check
+        timeout 300 src/iperf3 -s &
+        ./test_commands.sh localhost
+  build-test-sanitizer-address:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - run: echo "Running address sanitzer"
+    - name: Checkout Repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        ./configure CFLAGS="-g -O0 -fsanitize=address" LDFLAGS="-fsanitize=address" && make && make check
+        timeout 300 src/iperf3 -s &
+        ./test_commands.sh localhost
+  release-draft:
+    name: Create Draft Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - build-test-ubuntu-ish
+      - build-test-macos-ish
+      - build-test-sanitizer-address
+    steps:
+    - run: echo "Running release test " ${{ github.ref }}
+    - name: Checkout Repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get -y update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
+    - name: build
+      run: |
+        ./configure && make && make check
+        timeout 300 src/iperf3 -s &
+        ./test_commands.sh localhost
+    - name: create release tar
+        #./make_release tar ${{ github.ref}}
+        ./make_release tar 0.0.0
+    - name: Test Release Version
+      run: |
+        ls
+        #tar -vxf iperf-${{ github.ref }}.tar
+        tar -vxf iperf-0.0.0.tar.gz
+        ./src/iperf3 --version
+    - name: Create draft release
+      #uses: actions/create-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      run: |
+        gh release create "$tag" \
+           --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+           --title="${tag}" \
+           --generate-notes
+      with:
+        draft: True
+        prerelease: True
+        tag_name: 0.0.0
+        #tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+        #release_name: iperf-${{ github.ref }}