Using GitHub Actions to automate releases

.github/workflows/draft-new-release.yml

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+name: Draft new release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: The version you want to release. Must be a valid semver version.
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  draft-new-release:
+    if: startsWith(github.event.inputs.version, 'v')
+    name: Draft a new release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Create release branch
+        run: git checkout -b release/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Update changelog
+        uses: thomaseizinger/keep-a-changelog-new-release@1.1.0
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Initialize mandatory git config
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "GitHub Actions"
+          git config user.email noreply@github.com
+
+      - name: Bump version
+        run: npm version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} --git-tag-version false
+
+      - name: Commit changelog and manifest files
+        id: make-commit
+        run: |
+          git add CHANGELOG.md package.json package-lock.json
+          git commit --message "Prepare release ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          echo "::set-output name=commit::$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
+
+      - name: Push new branch
+        run: git push origin release/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - name: Create pull request for master
+        uses: thomaseizinger/create-pull-request@1.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          head: release/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          base: master
+          title: "Release version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          reviewers: ${{ github.actor }}
+          body: |
+            Hi @${{ github.actor }}!
+
+            This PR was created in response to a manual trigger of the release workflow here: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}.
+            I've updated the changelog and bumped the versions in the manifest files in this commit: ${{ steps.make-commit.outputs.commit }}.
+
+      - name: Create pull request for develop
+        uses: thomaseizinger/create-pull-request@1.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          head: release/${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          base: develop
+          title: "Release version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          reviewers: ${{ github.actor }}
+          body: |
+            Hi @${{ github.actor }}!
+
+            This PR was created in response to a manual trigger of the release workflow here: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}.
+            I've updated the changelog and bumped the versions in the manifest files in this commit: ${{ steps.make-commit.outputs.commit }}.

.github/workflows/integration.yml

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 name: Test
 
 on:
-  [pull_request]
+  push:
+    branches: [develop, master]
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   Unit-Tests:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
-      - run: npm install
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run test-lint
       - run: npm run test-system
       - run: npm run test-unit
 
   Regression:
     needs: Unit-Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [14.x, 16.x, 18.x]
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: '14.x'
-      - run: npm install
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run test-regression

.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml

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+name: "Publish new release"
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Publish new release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # only merged pull requests that begin with 'release/' or 'hotfix/' must trigger this job
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      (contains(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/') || contains(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'hotfix/'))
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Extract version from branch name (for release branches)
+        if: contains(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release/')
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          VERSION=${BRANCH_NAME#release/}
+
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Extract version from branch name (for hotfix branches)
+        if: contains(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'hotfix/')
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}"
+          VERSION=${BRANCH_NAME#hotfix/}
+
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: thomaseizinger/create-release@1.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false