gh-release-drafter.yml

# Automatically draft release notes based on any pull requests made to master
name: Github Release Drafter
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
  update_release_draft:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    env:
      APP_VERSION: '0.0.0'
    steps:
      # Extract current version number from package.json and set it as the APP_VERSION env variable
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@main
      - name: set_version
        run: echo "APP_VERSION=$(echo "$(cat package.json | jq -r '.version')")" >> $GITHUB_ENV
      - name: check_version
        run: echo "version $env.APP_VERSION"
      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "main"
      # https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter
      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          name: v${{env.APP_VERSION}}
          tag: v${{env.APP_VERSION}}
# TODO - consider alternatives:
# - https://github.com/semantic-release/semantic-release
# - https://github.com/marketplace/actions/release-please-action