release-version.yaml

name: Release Next Version
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
    paths: ["VERSION"]
jobs:
  release:
    name: "Tag Release"
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions: write-all
    steps:
      - id: check-out
        name: "Check out code"
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - id: current-tag
        name: "Check latest tag"
        run: |
          version="$(cat VERSION | tr -d ' \n\r')"
          echo "version=${version}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"

          if git rev-parse "v${version}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
            echo "exists=true" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
          fi
      - id: create-tag
        name: Create release tag
        if: steps.current-tag.outputs.exists != 'true'
        run: |
          set -x

          version=${{ steps.current-tag.outputs.version }}
          tag="v${version}"
          msg="Release ${version}"

          git tag -a -m "${msg}" "${tag}"
          git push origin "${tag}"