From 2f6fbbda9ca7ef58c9e35845707872b7670f5512 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Engin Diri <engin.diri@mail.schwarz>
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:58:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] feat: add goreleaser for gt cli

Signed-off-by: Engin Diri <engin.diri@mail.schwarz>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yaml | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .goreleaser.yml                | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 README.md                      |  6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 66 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yaml
 create mode 100644 .goreleaser.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b1591b53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.17
+      - name: Run GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: release --rm-dist
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5941cd5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+project_name: gt
+
+snapshot:
+  name_template: '{{ .Tag }}-SNAPSHOT'
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+
+dist: bin
+
+builds:
+  - id: gt
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    main: ./cmd/gt
+    ldflags:
+      - -s
+      - -w
+      - -extldflags '-static'
+    goos:
+      - linux
+      - windows
+      - darwin
+    ignore:
+      - goos: windows
+        goarch: arm64
+    goarch:
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+
+archives:
+  - format: binary
+    name_template: '{{ .ProjectName }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}'
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5ffc76f2..f0a47ac3 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -26,10 +26,16 @@
 
 ### Install
 
+If you have Go 1.16+, you can directly install by running:
+
 ```bash
 go install github.com/schwarzit/go-template/cmd/gt@latest
 ```
 
+#### Install from the released binaries
+Download the desired version for your operating system and processor architecture from the [go-template releases page](https://github.com/SchwarzIT/go-template/releases). 
+Make the file executable and place it in a directory available in your $PATH.
+
 ### Initialize your repo from the template
 
 [![asciicast](https://asciinema.org/a/441624.svg)](https://asciinema.org/a/441624?autoplay=1&speed=2&size=medium)