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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: '*'
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  CMAKE_CONFIG: RelWithDebInfo
+
+jobs:
+  create_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    outputs:
+      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+      git_tag: ${{ steps.get-git-tag.outputs.name }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Git tag
+        id: get-git-tag
+        run: echo "name=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get-git-tag.outputs.name }}
+          release_name: libloot v${{ steps.get-git-tag.outputs.name }}
+          body: |
+            Requires Windows 7 or later, the MSVC 2022 [x86](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x86.exe) or [x64](https://aka.ms/vs/17/release/vc_redist.x64.exe) redistributable for 32-bit and 64-bit builds respectively, and [7-Zip](http://www.7-zip.org/) to extract the archives.
+
+            ## Change Logs
+            - [API](https://loot-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/changelog.html)
+            - [Metadata Syntax](https://loot-api.readthedocs.io/en/latest/metadata/changelog.html)
+
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-2025
+    needs: create_release
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        target:
+          - platform: Win32
+            triple: i686-pc-windows-msvc
+
+          - platform: x64
+            triple: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Cache cargo
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/bin/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/index/
+            ~/.cargo/registry/cache/
+            ~/.cargo/git/db/
+            target/
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-${{ matrix.target.platform }}-cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust i686-pc-windows-msvc target
+        run: rustup target add i686-pc-windows-msvc
+        if: matrix.target.platform == 'Win32'
+
+      - name: Set LIBLOOT_REVISION
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "LIBLOOT_REVISION=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Run CMake
+        working-directory: cpp
+        run: |
+          cmake -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" `
+            -A ${{ matrix.target.platform }} `
+            -DCPACK_PACKAGE_VERSION="${{ needs.create_release.outputs.git_tag }}" `
+            -DRUST_TARGET="${{ matrix.target.triple }}" `
+            -B build
+          cmake --build build --parallel --config ${{ env.CMAKE_CONFIG }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.13'
+
+      - name: Install packages for building docs
+        working-directory: cpp
+        run: |
+          nuget install doxygen -Version 1.8.14
+          echo "${{ github.workspace }}\Doxygen.1.8.14\tools" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+          python -m pip install -r docs/requirements.txt
+
+      - name: Build docs
+        working-directory: cpp
+        run: sphinx-build -b html docs build\docs\html
+
+      - name: Build archive
+        id: build-archive
+        shell: bash
+        working-directory: cpp/build
+        run: |
+          cpack -C ${{ env.CMAKE_CONFIG }}
+
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.target.platform }}" == "Win32" ]]
+          then
+            PLATFORM=win32
+          else
+            PLATFORM=win64
+          fi
+
+          echo "filename=libloot-${{ needs.create_release.outputs.git_tag }}-${PLATFORM}.7z" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Upload Archive
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ needs.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: cpp/build/package/${{ steps.build-archive.outputs.filename }}
+          asset_name: ${{ steps.build-archive.outputs.filename }}
+          asset_content_type: application/x-7z-compressed