draft-release.yml

name: Draft Release

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  draft-release:
    name: Draft Github Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Draft github release
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          script: |
            const releases = await github.rest.repos.listReleases({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              tag_name: "unreleased",
            })
            const filtered = releases.data.filter(release => release.draft == true && release.tag_name === 'unreleased');
            if (filtered.length === 0) {
              console.log("Creating a new untagged release")
              await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                tag_name: "unreleased",
                name: "Unreleased",
                draft: true,
                generate_release_notes: true,
              })
            } else {
              console.log("Deleting old untagged release")
              await github.rest.repos.deleteRelease({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                release_id: filtered[0].id
              })
              console.log("Creating a new untagged release")
              await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                tag_name: "unreleased",
                name: "Unreleased",
                draft: true,
                generate_release_notes: true,
              })
            }