create-release.yaml

name: "Create Release"

on: # yamllint disable-line rule:truthy
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      RELEASE_TAG:
        description: 'v{Major}.{Minor}.{Patch}'  

jobs:
  release:
    name: "Release"
    permissions:
      contents: write
    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"

    steps:
      
      - name: Checkout source
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.ACTIONS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
          submodules: true

      - name: Create branch and tag submodule
        run: |
          git config user.email "actions@github.com"
          git config user.name "actions-user"
          git submodule update --init --remote
          git checkout -b 'release-${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'
          (cd calcom && git fetch --tags origin && git checkout 'refs/tags/${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}')
          git add calcom
          git commit -m "tag version Cal.com version ${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}"
          git push origin 'release-${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'

      # note: instead of secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN here, we need to use a PAT 
      #       so that the release creation triggers the image build workflow
      - name: "Create release"
        uses: "actions/github-script@v6"
        with:
          github-token: "${{ secrets.ACTIONS_ACCESS_TOKEN }}"
          script: |
            const isPreRelease = '${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}'.includes('-rc'); 
            try {
              const response = await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
                draft: false,
                generate_release_notes: true,
                body: 'For Cal.com release details, see: https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/releases/tag/${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}',
                name: '${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}',
                target_commitish: 'release-${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}',
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                prerelease: isPreRelease,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                tag_name: '${{ inputs.RELEASE_TAG }}',
              });

              core.exportVariable('RELEASE_ID', response.data.id);
              core.exportVariable('RELEASE_UPLOAD_URL', response.data.upload_url);
            } catch (error) {
              core.setFailed(error.message);
            }