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-name: Create a beets release artifact (testing only)
-permissions:
-    contents: write
-
-on:
-    workflow_dispatch:
-        inputs:
-            version:
-                description: 'Version of the new release, just as a number with no prepended "v"'
-                required: true
-
-env:
-    PYTHON_VERSION: 3.9
-    NEW_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
-    NEW_TAG: v${{ inputs.version }}
-
-jobs:
-    increment-version:
-        name: Bump version, commit and create tag
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-              with:
-                  fetch-depth: 0
-            - name: Install Python tools
-              uses: BrandonLWhite/pipx-install-action@1b697df89b675eb31d19417e53b4c066d21650d7 # v1.1.0
-            - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
-              with:
-                  python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
-                  cache: poetry
-
-            - name: Install dependencies
-              run: poetry install --with=release --extras=docs
-
-            - name: Bump project version
-              run: poe bump "${{ env.NEW_VERSION }}"
-
-            - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-              run: poe build
-
-            - name: Store the distribution packages
-              uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-              with:
-                  name: python-package-distributions-test
-                  path: dist/