release.yml

# Release product and their build aritfacts
#
# References:
#
# * Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions - GitHub Docs
#   https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions
#
# Copyright 2023 林博仁(Buo-ren, Lin) <Buo.Ren.Lin@gmail.com>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-SA-4.0
name: Release product and their build aritfacts
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*.*.*

jobs:
  release:
    name: Release product and their build aritfacts
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Check out content from the Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          # Increase fetch depth if you may have more than this amount
          # of revisions between releases
          fetch-depth: 100

          # Fetch tags as well to generate detailed changes between two releases
          # WORKAROUND: Adding this option triggers actions/checkout#1467
          #fetch-tags: true

      - name: >-
          WORKAROUND: Fetch tags that points to the revisions
          checked-out(actions/checkout#1467)
        run: |-
          git fetch \
            --prune \
            --prune-tags \
            --force \
            --depth=100 \
            --no-recurse-submodules

      - name: Determine the project identifier
        run: printf "project_id=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}\\n" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Determine the name of the Git tag
        run: printf "release_tag=${GITHUB_REF##*/}\\n" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Determine the release version string
        run: printf "release_version=${release_tag#v}\\n" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Determine the release identifier
        run: printf "release_id=${project_id}-${release_version}\\n" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: >-
          Patch the sudo security policy so that programs run via sudo
          will recognize environment variables predefined by GitHub
        run: sudo ./continuous-integration/patch-github-actions-sudo-security-policy.sh

      - name: Generate the release archive
        run: |-
          sudo ./continuous-integration/generate-build-artifacts.install-system-deps.sh
          ./continuous-integration/generate-build-artifacts.sh

      - name: Generate the release description
        run: ./continuous-integration/generate-release-description.sh

      - name: Publish the release archive to the GitHub Releases
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v0.1.15
        with:
          name: ${{ env.project_id }} ${{ env.release_version }}
          files: |
            ${{ env.release_id }}.tar*
          body_path: .detailed_changes