release.yml

# name of the action
name: release

# trigger on push events with `v*` in tag
# ignore push events with `v*-rc*` in tag
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'
      - '!v*-rc*'

# pipeline to execute
jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container:
      image: golang:1.16
    steps:
      - name: clone
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: tags
        run: |
          git fetch --tags

      - name: version
        id: version
        run: |
          echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}

      - name: install
        run: |
          go get github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog/cmd/git-chglog
          go get github.com/github-release/github-release

      - name: changelog
        run: |
          # https://github.com/git-chglog/git-chglog#git-chglog
          $(go env GOPATH)/bin/git-chglog \
            -o $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/CHANGELOG.md \
            ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}

      - name: release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # https://github.com/github-release/github-release#how-to-use
          $(go env GOPATH)/bin/github-release edit \
            --user go-vela \
            --repo archiver \
            --tag ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }} \
            --name ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }} \
            --description "$(cat $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/CHANGELOG.md)"