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+name: Flyteidl beta releases on merges to master
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - flyteidl/**
+
+jobs:
+  create-flyteidl-beta-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: flyteidl
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools-scm
+      - name:
+          TAG=python -m setuptools_scm