Updated release workflow

Author: lisaSW

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,41 +1,24 @@
-name: Generate and upload a release assets
+name: Generate and upload release assets
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types:
-      - published
-      #- unpublished
-      - created
-      - edited
-      #- deleted
-      - prereleased
-      - released
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
 
 jobs:
   upload:
     name: Upload Artifacts
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
       - run: scripts/shell-lib/docker/install_docker.sh
       - run: scripts/installer/generate_installer.sh
-      - uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+      - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: scripts/installer/Espy.tar
-          # Note: This will fail if the asset already exists
-          # (e.g. editing a release w/o deleting the existing asset)
-          asset_name: Espy.tar
-          asset_content_type: application/x-tar
-      - uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: agent/install-sysmon-beats.ps1
-          # Note: This will fail if the asset already exists
-          # (e.g. editing a release w/o deleting the existing asset)
-          asset_name: install-sysmon-beats.ps1
-          asset_content_type: text/plain
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
+          files: |
+            scripts/installer/Espy.tar
+            agent/install-sysmon-beats.ps1