add release workflow

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Author: FreekBes

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Publish new release on GitHub
+
+on:
+  # Run automatically when a new tag is created
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v0.*' # alpha
+      - 'v1.*' # release
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/webpack.yml
+
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    needs: build
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [18.x]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Download Artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: codam-web-greeter
+        path: ./artifacts
+
+    - name: Display structure of downloaded files
+      run: ls -R
+      working-directory: ./artifacts
+
+    - name: Create Release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+      with:
+        files: ./artifacts/codam-web-greeter.zip
+        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+        generate_release_notes: true
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: true
+        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/webpack.yml

@@ -3,8 +3,12 @@ name: NodeJS with Webpack
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    tags-ignore:
+      - 'v0.*' # alpha
+      - 'v1.*' # release
   pull_request:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+  workflow_call:
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -15,7 +19,7 @@ jobs:
         node-version: [18.x]
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
       uses: actions/setup-node@v3
@@ -33,3 +37,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build codam-web-greeter
       run: |
         make build
+
+    - name: Create zip file from dist folder
+      run: |
+        zip -r codam-web-greeter.zip dist
+
+    - name: Upload Artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: codam-web-greeter
+        path: codam-web-greeter.zip
+        retention-days: 1

package-lock.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "codam-web-greeter",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.9",
   "description": "LightDM greeter theme for Codam Coding College, compatible with nody-greeter and web-greeter",
   "main": "main.js",
   "scripts": {