first draft of pypi action

Author: thecharlieblake

.github/workflows/publish.yaml

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+# Based on template at https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/use-cases-and-examples/building-and-testing/building-and-testing-python?learn=continuous_integration#publishing-to-pypi
+
+name: Publish to PyPI
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Build release distributions
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build
+          python -m build
+
+      - name: Upload distributions
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-dists
+          path: dist/
+
+  pypi-publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    needs:
+      - release-build
+
+    permissions:
+      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
+      id-token: write
+
+    # Dedicated environments with protections for publishing are strongly recommended.
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/unit-scaling
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Retrieve release distributions
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: release-dists
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Publish release distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1