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+name: Build and Upload xarray to PyPI
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  build-artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install setuptools setuptools-scm wheel twine check-manifest
+
+      - name: Build tarball and wheels
+        run: |
+          git clean -xdf
+          git restore -SW .
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel .
+
+      - name: Check built artifacts
+        run: |
+          python -m twine check dist/*
+          pwd
+          if [ -f dist/xarray-0.0.0.tar.gz ]; then
+            echo "❌ INVALID VERSION NUMBER"
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "✅ Looks good"
+          fi
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: releases
+          path: dist
+
+  test-built-dist:
+    needs: build-artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.8
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: releases
+          path: dist
+      - name: List contents of built dist
+        run: |
+          ls -ltrh
+          ls -ltrh dist
+      - name: Publish package to TestPyPI
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.4.2
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_TOKEN }}
+          repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+          verbose: true
+
+      - name: Check uploaded package
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' || startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        run: |
+          sleep 3
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple --upgrade xarray
+          python -m xarray.util.print_versions
+
+  upload-to-pypi:
+    needs: test-built-dist
+    if: github.event_name == 'release' && startsWith(github.event.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: releases
+          path: dist
+      - name: Publish package to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.4.2
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+          verbose: true