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+# powershell script to build all the binaries!!1!
+# requires: NixOS-WSL under the distro name "NixOS" / "nixos"
+
+# fish out the version via latest git tag, and mkdir in releases/
+$version = git describe --tags --abbrev=0
+New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path "releases/$version"
+
+# build 1/3: windows
+cargo build --release
+cp target/release/sidestepper.exe releases/$version/sidestepper-windows-x86_64.exe
+
+# build 2/3: static linux
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command rustup default stable
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command rustup target add x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command cargo build --release --target x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+cp target/x86_64-unknown-linux-musl/release/sidestepper releases/$version/sidestepper-linux-x86_64
+
+# build 3/3: universal macOS
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command rustup target add x86_64-apple-darwin
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command rustup target add aarch64-apple-darwin
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command cargo zigbuild --release --target x86_64-apple-darwin
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command cargo zigbuild --release --target aarch64-apple-darwin
+wsl -d nixos -- nix develop --command cargo zigbuild --release --target universal2-apple-darwin
+cp target/universal2-apple-darwin/release/sidestepper releases/$version/sidestepper-macos-universal
+cp target/x86_64-apple-darwin/release/sidestepper releases/$version/sidestepper-macos-x86_64
+cp target/aarch64-apple-darwin/release/sidestepper releases/$version/sidestepper-macos-aaarch64
+
+echo done!