release-and-publish.yml

name: Draft Release & Publish
on: 
  push:
    branches:
      - 'main'
    paths:
      - 'CHANGELOG.md'

jobs:
  Release-Artifacts:
    name: Draft Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      actions: read
      contents: write
      deployments: read
      packages: none
    steps:
    # Checkout code
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    # Read changelog and read versions etc.
    - name: Check version is mentioned in Changelog.md
      id: changelog_reader
      uses: mindsers/changelog-reader-action@v2
      with:
        validation_depth: 10
        path: './CHANGELOG.md'
    # Set the DRAFT_VERSION variable
    - name: Set the draft version value and print other values.
      run: |
        echo "Version: ${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
        echo "Changes: ${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.changes }}"
        echo "DRAFT_VERSION=${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
    # Make Release Dir
    - name: Make Release Dir
      run: mkdir bin
    - name: Set up Go
      uses: actions/setup-go@v5
      with:
        go-version: 1.22
    # Check if the newest tag already exists
    - name: Check if tag exist
      uses: mukunku/tag-exists-action@bdad1eaa119ce71b150b952c97351c75025c06a9 # v1.6.0
      id: check-tag-exists
      with: 
        tag:  "v${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    # Build Binaries if this is a new release
    - name: Build Draft Release Binaries
      run: make build-all
      if: ${{ steps.check-tag-exists.outputs.exists == 'false' }}
    # If the tag already exists, we don't upload release artifacts
    - name: Update Draft Release Body
      if: ${{ steps.check-tag-exists.outputs.exists == 'true' }}
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
      env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
      with:
        tag_name : "v${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
        name: "v${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
        body: ${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.changes }}
    # Create Release with artifacts
    - name: Create Draft Release
      if: ${{ steps.check-tag-exists.outputs.exists == 'false'}}
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
      env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
      with:
        tag_name : "v${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
        name: "v${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.version }}"
        body: ${{ steps.changelog_reader.outputs.changes }}
        files: |
          ./bin/*