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+stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
+  - build
+  - uploadRelease
+
+build-job:       # This job runs in the build stage, which runs first.
+  stage: build
+  script:
+    - echo "Compiling..."
+    - gradle clean
+    - gradle fatJar
+    - echo "Compile complete."
+
+release-job:
+  stage: uploadRelease
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never                                  # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+  script:
+    - echo ":"
+  release:                               # See https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#release for available properties
+    tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+    description: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
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