release.yml

name: release

on:
  release: # Docs: <https://help.github.com/en/articles/events-that-trigger-workflows#release-event-release>
    types: [published]

jobs:
  update-git-tag: # Reason: <https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/master/docs/action-versioning.md#recommendations>
    name: Update latest major git tag
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - {uses: gacts/github-slug@v1, id: slug}

      - name: Setup git
        env: {REPO_PATH: "${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}"}
        run: |
          git config --local user.email 'actions@github.com'
          git config --local user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
          git remote set-url origin "https://${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/$REPO_PATH.git"

      - name: Update major tag
        env: {VERSION: "${{ steps.slug.outputs.version-major }}"}
        run: |
          git tag -fa "v$VERSION" -m "Update v$VERSION tag (using GitHub actions)"
          git push --set-upstream origin "v$VERSION" --force

      - name: Update minor tag
        env: {VERSION: "${{ steps.slug.outputs.version-major }}.${{ steps.slug.outputs.version-minor }}"}
        run: |
          git tag -fa "v$VERSION" -m "Update v$VERSION tag (using GitHub actions)"
          git push --set-upstream origin "v$VERSION" --force