action.yml

name: 'Create GitHub release'
author: 'Pete Sramek'
description: 'Create GitHub release.'
inputs:
    release-version:
      description: 'Version to use for the release.'
      required: true
    is-preview:
      description: 'Is this a preview release?'
      required: true
    notes-start-tag:
      description: 'Tag to start generating release notes from. Default: latest tag.'
      required: false
      default: ''

runs:
  using: composite
  steps:
    - name: 'Checkout ${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}'
      uses: actions/checkout@v5
    - run: |
        echo "release-version=${{ inputs.release-version }}"
        echo "is-preview=${{ inputs.is-preview }}"
        echo "preview-argument=${{ inputs.is-preview == 'true' && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
        echo "start-tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)"
      shell: bash
    - name: 'Create GitHub release PolylineAlgorithm ${{ env.release-version }}'
      shell: bash
      env:
        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        preview-argument: "${{ inputs.is-preview == 'true' && '--prerelease' || '' }}"
        notes-start-tag-argument: "${{ inputs.notes-start-tag != '' && '--notes-start-tag inputs.notes-start-tag' || '' }}"
      run: |
        gh release create ${{ env.release-version }} --generate-notes --discussion-category "General" ${{ env.preview-argument }} ${{ env.notes-start-tag-argument }}