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+.release-template:
+  stage: release
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+      when: manual
+    - when: never
+  variables:
+    PARENT_PIPELINE_ID: $CI_PIPELINE_ID
+  trigger:
+    include: release.gitlab-ci.yml
+    strategy: depend
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