release-fcc.yml

name: Create Release of FCC
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      edc_version:
        description: 'Version string that is used for publishing (e.g. "1.0.0", NOT "v1.0.0"). Appending -SNAPSHOT will create a snapshot release.'
        required: true
        type: string


env:
  EDC_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.edc_version || inputs.edc_version }}

jobs:
  Prepare-Release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # create tag on the current branch using GitHub's own API
      - name: Create tag on current branch (main)
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          script: |
            github.rest.git.createRef({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              ref: 'refs/tags/v${{ env.EDC_VERSION }}',
              sha: context.sha
            })

      # create merge commit main -> releases encoding the version in the commit message
      - name: Merge main -> releases
        uses: everlytic/branch-merge@1.1.5
        with:
          github_token: ${{ github.token }}
          source_ref: ${{ github.ref }}
          target_branch: 'releases'
          commit_message_template: 'Merge commit for release of version v${{ env.EDC_VERSION }}'

    outputs:
      edc-version: ${{ env.EDC_VERSION }}

  Github-Release:
    # cannot use the workflow-level env yet as it does not yet exist, must take output from previous job
    if:  ${{ !endsWith( needs.Prepare-Release.outputs.edc-version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
    needs:
      - Prepare-Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: main
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          generateReleaseNotes: true
          tag: "v${{ env.EDC_VERSION }}"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          removeArtifacts: true