release.yaml

name: Release
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    # Inputs the workflow accepts.
    inputs:
      tag:
        description: "Tag name, e.g. 0.0.0"
        default: ""
        required: true

jobs:
  build:
    name: Upload Release Asset
    permissions:
      contents: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Git set user
        run: |
          git config  user.name "$USERNAME"
          git config  user.email "$USERNAME-[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
        env:
          USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}

      - name: Update the VERSION
        run: |
          echo "$VERSION" > VERSION
        env:
          VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}

      - name: Commit changes and tag it
        run: |
          git add VERSION
          git commit -m "ci: update VERSION to $VERSION"
          git tag -a "v$VERSION" -m "$VERSION"
          git show --stat
        env:
          VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}

      - name: Push Release tag
        run: |
          git push --follow-tags

      - name: Generate changelog
        id: changelog
        uses: metcalfc/changelog-generator@v4.2.0
        with:
          myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: "v${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}"
          release_name: "v${{github.event.inputs.tag}}"
          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false