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+# This workflow will build a package using Maven and then publish it to GitHub packages when a release is created
+# For more information see: https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#apache-maven-with-a-settings-path
+
+name: Build TerminatorPlus
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up JDK 16
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      with:
+        java-version: '16'
+        distribution: 'adopt'
+        server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+
+    - name: Build with Maven
+      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml