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+name: Build static binaries for Linux
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published, edited]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: alpine:latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+      - name: Prepare
+        run: apk add --no-cache binutils bzip2 g++ git make tar
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux/
+          make -C src all static=yes
+          make -C src install PREFIX=$(pwd)/kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux/
+          strip -s kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux/bin/kak
+          tar cvjf kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux.tar.bz2 kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux/
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          files: kakoune-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}-linux.tar.bz2