Update build-release.yml

Author: nickdu088

.github/workflows/build-release.yml

@@ -1,50 +1,53 @@
-name: Build Release Package
+name: Build and Auto-Release
 
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'  # Triggers on version tags like v1.0.0
-  workflow_dispatch:  # Also allows manual trigger
+      - 'v*' # Triggers when you push a tag like v1.0.0
+  workflow_dispatch: # Also allows manual trigger from GitHub UI
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-latest
 
     env:
-      DOTNET_ROOT: C:\Program Files\dotnet
       Configuration: Release
       OutputDir: output
 
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout source
+      - name: 🧾 Checkout Code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup .NET SDK
+      - name: 🧰 Setup .NET SDK
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: '6.0.x'
 
-      - name: Restore dependencies
+      - name: 🔁 Restore Dependencies
         run: dotnet restore
 
-      - name: Build in Release mode
+      - name: 🛠️ Build Solution
         run: dotnet build --configuration $env:Configuration --no-restore
 
-      - name: Publish Release Package
+      - name: 🚀 Publish Self-Contained Executable
         run: |
           dotnet publish Ext4Explorer/Ext4Explorer.csproj `
             --configuration $env:Configuration `
-            --output $env:OutputDir `
-            --runtime win-x86 `
+            --runtime win-x64 `
             --self-contained true `
+            --output $env:OutputDir `
             /p:PublishSingleFile=true `
-            /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true
+            /p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true `
+            /p:EnableCompressionInSingleFile=true
 
-      - name: Zip Published Output
+      - name: 📦 Zip Published Output
         run: Compress-Archive -Path $env:OutputDir\* -DestinationPath release.zip
 
-      - name: Upload Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      - name: 🚀 Create GitHub Release and Upload Artifact
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          name: ext4explorer-release
-          path: release.zip
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          files: release.zip
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}