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.github/workflows/build-deb.yml

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+# .github/workflows/build-deb.yml
+
+name: Build Debian Package
+
+# This action runs on every push to the main branch
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main", "deb_package_pipeline" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main", "deb_package_pipeline" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    # Use the latest version of Ubuntu as our build environment
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # 1. Check out your repository's code
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # 2. Set up the Go environment needed by arduino-cli
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '1.25' # Check go.mod for the correct version
+
+      # 3. Install Debian packaging tools
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y debmake devscripts
+
+      # 4. Generate the initial debian/ directory
+      # The -y flag accepts defaults, useful for automation
+      - name: Run debmake to create packaging files
+        run: debmake -ccc -y
+
+      # This is the new, more robust step to create the changelog
+      - name: Create changelog with dch
+        run: |
+          # Get the latest git tag (e.g., v0.35.3) and remove the 'v'
+          UPSTREAM_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | sed 's/^v//')
+          # Create a new changelog for the package with the version and a message
+          dch --create --package arduino-cli --newversion "${UPSTREAM_VERSION}-1" "Initial release."
+
+      # 5. Build the .deb package
+      # The flags -us -uc mean "unsigned source" and "unsigned changes",
+      # which is necessary because we don't have a GPG key in the runner.
+      - name: Build the package
+        run: debuild -us -uc
+
+      # 6. Upload the generated .deb file as a build artifact
+      # The .deb file is created in the parent directory, hence the ../
+      - name: Upload .deb package
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: arduino-cli-deb-package
+          path: ../*.deb