releases.yaml

name: Create Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions: write-all
    env:
      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # This ensures all commits and tags are fetched

      - name: Generate release notes
        id: release_notes
        run: |
          TAG_NAME=${{  github.ref_name }}
          LATEST_SHA=$(gh release view latest --json publishedAt -q ".publishedAt") || true
          if [ -z "$LATEST_SHA" ]; then
            NOTES=$(git log --pretty=format:"%s" $(git rev-list --max-parents=0 HEAD)..HEAD)
          else
            NOTES=$(git log --pretty=format:"%s" $LATEST_SHA..HEAD)
          fi
          INTRO="Version $TAG_NAME contains the following changes and improvements:"
          EOF=$(dd if=/dev/urandom bs=15 count=1 status=none | base64)
          echo "text<<EOF"$'\n'"$INTRO"$'\n'"$NOTES"$'\n'EOF >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

      - name: Create Release
        run: |
          TAG_NAME=${{  github.ref_name }}
          gh release create $TAG_NAME -t $TAG_NAME -n "${{ steps.release_notes.outputs.notes }}" --target main

      - name: Move 'latest' tag
        run: |
          git tag -d latest || true # Delete local 'latest' tag if exists
          git push origin :refs/tags/latest || true # Delete remote 'latest' tag if exists
          git tag latest
          git push origin refs/tags/latest