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+# compiles Windows artifacts and attaches them to build
+name: Release Windows
+
+on:
+  release:
+    # Only use the types keyword to narrow down the activity types that will trigger your workflow.
+    types: [published]
+
+  # for testing, we can also trigger manually. remove this afterwards.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version_bump_type:
+        description: 'noop'
+        required: false
+        default: 'patch'
+
+jobs:
+
+  release-windows:
+    name: Release Windows
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    env:
+      PROJECT_PATH: /go/src/github.com/analogj/scrutiny
+      GOPATH: /go
+      GOOS: windows
+      GOARCH: amd64
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+# TODO: uncomment this
+#        with:
+#          ref: ${{github.event.release.tag_name}}
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: '^1.13.1' # The Go version to download (if necessary) and use.
+      - name: Build Binaries
+        run: |
+
+          mkdir -p $(dirname "$PROJECT_PATH")
+          cp -R $GITHUB_WORKSPACE $PROJECT_PATH
+          cd $PROJECT_PATH
+
+          mkdir -p $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist
+
+          echo "building collector binary (OS = ${GOOS}, ARCH = ${GOARCH})"
+          go build -ldflags "-extldflags=-static -X main.goos=${GOOS} -X main.goarch=${GOARCH}" -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/dist/scrutiny-collector-metrics-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}.exe -tags "static netgo" collector/cmd/collector-metrics/collector-metrics.go
+
+      - name: Release Asset - Collector - windows-amd64
+        id: upload-release-asset2
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SCRUTINY_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
+          asset_path: './dist/scrutiny-collector-metrics-windows-amd64'
+          asset_name: scrutiny-collector-metrics-windows-amd64
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream