triggerRelease.yml

name: Create Tag And Release
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tag_name:
        description: 'Tag name (in case not chosen the tag will be minor+1)'
        required: false
        default: ''
        type: string

jobs:
  createTagAndRelease:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Create Tag And Release And Push To Quay
    permissions: write-all
    outputs:
      tagName: ${{ steps.setTag.outputs.tagName }}

    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        
      - name: Set Tag Name
        id: setTag
        run: |
          if [ -z "${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}" ]; then
            git fetch --all --tags
            newestTag=$(git describe --tags $(git rev-list --tags --max-count=1))
            echo "newestTag=$newestTag"
            newTag=$(echo "$newestTag" | awk -F. -v OFS=. 'NF==1{print ++$NF}; NF>1{if(length($NF+1)>length($NF))$(NF-1)++; $NF=sprintf("%0*d", length($NF), ($NF+1)%(10^length($NF))); print}')
            echo "newTag=$newTag"
            echo "newTagName=$newTag" >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo "::set-output name=tagName::$newTag"
          else
            echo "newTagName=${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
            echo "::set-output name=tagName::${{ github.event.inputs.tag_name }}"
          fi

      - name: Create tag & Release
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        run: |
          if [[ ${{ env.newTagName }} =~ ^v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
            gh release create ${{ env.newTagName }} --latest --title ${{ env.newTagName }} --generate-notes
          else
            gh release create v${{ env.newTagName }} --prerelease --title v${{ env.newTagName }} --generate-notes
          fi