release.yml

name: Release

# Trigger workflow only on semantic version tags
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout code
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Setup Go
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: 1.21

      # Step 3: Run tests before releasing
      - name: Run tests
        run: go test ./...

      # Step 4: Optional build (for libraries, mostly checks compile)
      - name: Build
        run: go build ./...

      # Step 5: Create a draft GitHub release
      - name: Create Draft Release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
          draft: true
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}