release.yml

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: read

# description: |
#   Build a github release on pushed tag.
#
#   The only available asset is a release note.

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+*

jobs:
  gh-release:
    name: Create release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      -
        name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@1af3b93b6815bc44a9784bd300feb67ff0d1eeb3 # v6.0.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      -
        name: Extract tag message
        id: get_message
        # git-cliff may or may not pick the current tag message, difficult to tell when
        # this works. We extract the tag message explicitly.
        run: |
          MESSAGE=$(git tag -l '${{ github.ref_name }}' --format='%(contents:subject)

          %(contents:body)
          ')
          export MESSAGE
          echo "message<<EOF" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
          printenv MESSAGE >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
          echo 'EOF' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
      -
        name: Generate release notes
        id: notes
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
          GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
        uses: orhun/git-cliff-action@d77b37db2e3f7398432d34b72a12aa3e2ba87e51 # v4.6.0
        with:
          config: '.cliff.toml'
          args: >-
            --current
            --with-tag-message '${{ steps.get_message.outputs.message }}'
      -
        name: Create github release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@5be0e66d93ac7ed76da52eca8bb058f665c3a5fe # v2.4.2
        with:
          body: ${{ steps.notes.outputs.content }}