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commit d30739da328301cff1f0118c19f7d076b38d7628
Author: David Meyer <dihm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Fri Apr 11 13:39:06 2025 -0400

    Merge pull request #108 from dihm/workflow_refresh

    Workflow refresh

commit 3dd0df76623bb5cda36a43585b0749c097955ccf
Author: David Meyer <dihm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Mon Oct 21 11:15:12 2024 -0400

    Merge pull request #107 from Json-To-String/master

    adding logic to handle KeyError: "Unable to open object (object 'connection table' doesn't exist)" on initial run

commit 347d6bfc8c4f5e8c2775e336d505f896cb7fbdda
Author: David Meyer <dihm@users.noreply.github.com>
Date:   Sat Jul 13 03:01:21 2024 -0400

    Merge pull request #104 from dihm/metadata_overhaul

    Metadata overhaul

Author: dihm

.github/workflows/release-vars.sh

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+# This repository. PyPI and Anaconda test and release package uploads are only done if
+# the repository the workflow is running in matches this (i.e. is not a fork). Optional,
+# if not set, package uploads are skipped.
+export RELEASE_REPO="labscript-suite/blacs"
+
+# Username with which to upload conda packages. If not given, anaconda uploads are
+# skipped.
+export ANACONDA_USER="labscript-suite"
+
+# Whether (true or false) to upload releases to PyPI, non-releases to Test PyPI,
+# releases to Anaconda, non-releases to Anaconda test label. Only used if the repository
+# the workflow is running in matches RELEASE_REPO, otherwise uploads are skipped.
+# Anaconda uploads require ANACONDA_USER be specified and ANACONDA_API_TOKEN secret be
+# set. Optional, all default to true.
+export PYPI_UPLOAD=""
+export TESTPYPI_UPLOAD=""
+export ANACONDA_UPLOAD=""
+export TEST_ANACONDA_UPLOAD=""
+
+# Which Python version to use for pure wheel builds, sdists, and as the host Python for
+# cibuildwheel. Optional, defaults to the second-most recent minor Python version.
+export DEFAULT_PYTHON=""
+
+# Comma-separated list of Python versions to build conda packages for. Only used if
+# HAS_ENV_MARKERS=true or PURE=false, otherwise a noarch conda package is built instead.
+# Optional, defaults to all non-end-of-life stable Python minor versions.
+export CONDA_PYTHONS=""
+
+# Environment variable set in the envionment that `cibuildwheel` runs in instructing it
+# which Pythons to build for, as a space-separated list of specifiers in the format
+# specified by `cibuildwheel`. Only used if PURE=false. Optional, defaults to all
+# non-end-of-life stable CPython versions.
+export CIBW_BUILD=""
+
+# Name of Python package. Optional, defaults to name from the package metadata
+export PKGNAME=""
+
+# Version of Python package. Optional, defaults to version from the package metadata
+export PKGVER=""
+
+# Whether the Python package is pure (true) or impure (false). Optional, defaults to
+# false if the setuptools package has extension modules or libraries, otherwise true.
+export PURE=""
+
+# Whether (true or false) the Python package has dependencies that vary by platform or
+# Python version. Optional, Defaults to presence of env markers in package metadata.
+export HAS_ENV_MARKERS=""