release.yml

name: create-release
on:
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v4.3.1

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # To use this repository's private action, you must check out the repository
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Generate changelog
        id: changelog
        uses: metcalfc/changelog-generator@v4.3.1
        with:
          myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          tag: ${{ github.ref }}
          name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Update Major Version Tag
        run: |
          MAJOR_VERSION=v$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | grep -oE '^v[0-9]+')
          git tag -f $MAJOR_VERSION
          git push origin $MAJOR_VERSION --force
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}