Create GitHub releases #40

	name: GitHub
	on:
	pull_request:
	branches: [main]
	#on:
	# push:
	# tags: ["*"]

	jobs:
	release:
	permissions: write-all
	runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
	name: Create a Release

	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@v4
	- name: Set up Python 3.11
	uses: actions/setup-python@v4
	with:
	python-version: "3.11"
	- name: Create a new GitHub release
	run: \|
	# get the lines where the changelog for the last release starts and finishes
	first_line=$(grep -n "\-\-\-\-" CHANGES.rst \| cut -d":" -f1 \|head -n1)
	last_line=$(grep -n "\-\-\-\-" CHANGES.rst \| cut -d":" -f1 \|head -n2 \| tail -n1)

	# do some math to adjust the line numbers
	first=$((${first_line}+1))
	last=$((${last_line}-2))
	end=$((${last_line}-1))

	# extract the changelog
	sed -n "${first},${last}p;${end}q" CHANGES.rst > body.txt

	# remove new line characters
	sed -z 's/\n/\\n/g' body.txt > body.json

	echo '{"tag_name": "${{ github.ref_name }}",' > data.json
	echo '"name": "${{ github.ref_name }}",' >> data.json
	echo '"body": "' >> data.json
	cat body.json >> data.json
	echo '"}"' >> data.json

	cat data.json

	curl -L \
	-X POST \
	--header "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
	--header 'authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' \
	https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
	-d "@data.json"

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