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+name: Build & Deploy docs to Netlify GitHub Pages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+    # QUESTION: will it be a problem for a CircleCI release workflow if this workflow starts modifying main branch?
+
+jobs:
+  generate_java_doc:
+    # Generates java doc for Java client, add it to the repo under website/static/javadoc
+    # TODO: generate javadoc for java client to be generated
+    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/update-files-on-github
+
+  generate_spec:
+    # generate https://github.com/OpenLineage/docs/tree/main/static/spec/2-0-1
+    # QUESTION: Is .last_spec_commit_id file necessary ?
+    # latest spec of the doc won't be contained in the static resources? QUESTION: is this a problem?
+
+  generate_openapi:
+    # TODO: https://github.com/OpenLineage/OpenLineage/blob/main/spec/release.sh
+    # TODO: need to run: https://github.com/OpenLineage/docs/blob/main/scripts/build-docs.sh
+    # why is this .last_spec_commit_id mechanism necessary?
+    # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/update-files-on-github
+
+
+  netlify_deploy: # https://github.com/marketplace/actions/netlify-deploy
+    # TODO: netlify token will be necessary
+    deploy:
+      name: 'Deploy to Netlify'
+      steps:
+        - uses: jsmrcaga/action-netlify-deploy@v2.0.0
+          with:
+            NETLIFY_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN_SECRET }}
+            NETLIFY_DEPLOY_TO_PROD: true # can be false for now
+
+
+# TODO: move OpenLineage/docs repo content to /website within OpenLineage/OpenLineage
+# remove build-docs -> https://github.com/OpenLineage/docs/blob/main/scripts/build-docs.sh
+# remove this -> https://github.com/OpenLineage/docs/blob/main/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+# remove spec release -> https://github.com/OpenLineage/OpenLineage/blob/main/spec/release.sh
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