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+name: Nightly Releases
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ dev, ci/automatic-building ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ dev ]
+
+jobs:
+  docs:
+    runs-on: macos-11
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: install ninja
+        run: brew install ninja
+      
+      - name: get max sdk
+        run: git clone --recursive https://github.com/Cycling74/max-sdk.git sdk
+      
+      - name: install python dependencies
+        run: pip3 install pyyaml docutils jinja2
+
+      - name: make build directory
+        run: mkdir -p build
+
+      - name: create externals folder
+        run: mkdir -p externals
+
+      - name: clone latest flucoma-core
+        run: git clone --branch fix/blas-compilation-settings https://github.com/jamesb93/flucoma-core.git core    
+        
+      - name: cmake
+        run: cmake -GNinja -DDOCS=ON -DFLUID_PATH=../core -DMAX_SDK_PATH=../sdk/ ..
+        working-directory: build
+
+      - name: install
+        run: ninja MAKE_MAX_REF
+        working-directory: build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: docsbuild
+          path: build/max_ref
+
+  winbuild:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: get max sdk
+      run: git clone --recursive https://github.com/Cycling74/max-sdk.git sdk
+      
+    - name: make build directory
+      run: mkdir -p build
+
+    - name: clone latest flucoma-core
+      run: git clone --branch fix/blas-compilation-settings https://github.com/jamesb93/flucoma-core.git core    
+      
+    - name: cmake
+      run: cmake -DFLUID_PATH="../core" -DMAX_SDK_PATH="../sdk/" ..
+      working-directory: build
+      
+    - name: build binaries
+      run: cmake --build . --target install --config Release
+      working-directory: build
+
+    - name: see
+      run: ls
+      working-directory: "release-packaging/Fluid Corpus Manipulation/"
+
+    - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        name: winbuild
+        path: "release-packaging/Fluid Corpus Manipulation/externals/"
+  
+  macbuild:
+    runs-on: macos-11
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: install ninja
+        run: brew install ninja
+
+      - name: get max sdk
+        run: git clone --recursive https://github.com/Cycling74/max-sdk.git sdk
+        
+      - name: make build directory
+        run: mkdir -p build
+
+      - name: create externals folder
+        run: mkdir -p externals
+
+      - name: clone latest flucoma-core
+        run: git clone --branch fix/blas-compilation-settings https://github.com/jamesb93/flucoma-core.git core    
+        
+      - name: cmake
+        run: cmake -GNinja -DFLUID_PATH=../core -DMAX_SDK_PATH=../sdk/ -DCMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES="x86_64;arm64" ..
+        working-directory: build
+        
+      - name: install
+        run: ninja install
+        working-directory: build
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: macbuild
+          path: release-packaging/Fluid\ Corpus\ Manipulation/
+  
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [winbuild, macbuild, docs]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: make parent folder
+        run : mkdir -p "Fluid Corpus Manipulation"
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: macbuild
+          path: "Fluid Corpus Manipulation"
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: winbuild
+          path: "Fluid Corpus Manipulation/externals"
+  
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: docsbuild
+          path: "Fluid Corpus Manipulation/docs"
+      
+      - name: zip
+        run: zip -r FluCoMa-Max-nightly.zip "Fluid Corpus Manipulation"
+
+      - name: see
+        run: ls
+
+      - uses: dev-drprasad/delete-tag-and-release@v0.2.0
+        with:
+          delete_release: true # default: false
+          tag_name: 1.0.0-nightly # tag name to delete
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        
+      - name: package and upload
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
+        with:
+          release_name: FluCoMa Max Nightly Build
+          prerelease: true
+          body: "This is a nightly build of the FluCoMa Max package. As such, be warned there may be bugs or other unexpected behaviour. The build hash is ${{ github.sha }}"
+          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          file: FluCoMa-Max-nightly.zip
+          asset_name: FluCoMa-Max-nightly.zip
+          tag: 1.0.0-nightly
+          overwrite: true
+