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Use repository_dispatch event to have control on when to generate a release by making an HTTP request
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Use repository_dispatch event to have control on when to generate a release by making an HTTP request, e.g.:

Github Workflow:

name: Release
on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [semantic-release]
jobs:
# ...

To trigger a release, call (with a Personal Access Tokens stored in GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable):

$ curl -v -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/[org-name-or-username]/[repository]/dispatches -d '{ "event_type": "semantic-release" }'
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