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+name: Update major tag
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  update:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Update major tag
+      if: github.event.release.prerelease == false
+      run: |
+        git config user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
+        git config user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
+        git remote set-url origin "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}.git"
+        export TAG_NAME="${GITHUB_REF##refs/tags/}"
+        export TAG_MAJOR="${TAG_NAME%%.*}"
+        git tag "${TAG_MAJOR}" -m "Release ${TAG_NAME}" || git tag -d "${TAG_MAJOR}" ; git push --delete origin "${TAG_MAJOR}"
+        git tag "${TAG_MAJOR}" -m "Release ${TAG_NAME}" || true
+        git push origin "${TAG_MAJOR}"