main.yml

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered
name: Release Creation

# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when release is published.
on:
  release:
    types: [published]

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called buildPacks
  buildPacks:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on. This must be ubuntu for the zip command to work.
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Each step runs a single command using the runners shell.
      # 1. Checkout our repository so we can do things on it.
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        # 2. Make sure node is set up. This may be an unecessary step.
      - name: Node Setup
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18
        # 3. Install the FoundryVTT CLI.
      - run: npm install -g @foundryvtt/foundryvtt-cli
        # 4. Configure the datapath as the github workspace variable.
      - run: fvtt configure set "dataPath" ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}
        # 5. Tell the FVTT CLI that we are working on a "system" package.
      - run: fvtt package workon fvtt package workon "alienrpg" --type "System"
        # 6-11. Package each folder of source json files into the appropriate LevelDB pack.
      - run: fvtt package pack "alien-rpg-system" --in "src/packs/alien-rpg-system" --out "packs"
      #Substitute the Manifest and Download URLs in the module.json
      - name: Substitute Manifest and Download Links For Versioned Ones
        id: sub_release_manifest_version
        uses: microsoft/variable-substitution@v1
        with:
          files: 'system.json'
        env:
          version: ${{github.event.release.tag_name}}
          url: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}
          manifest: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/releases/latest/download/system.json
          download: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/releases/download/${{github.event.release.tag_name}}/master.zip

      # create a zip file with all files required by the module to add to the release
      - run: zip -r ./master.zip system.json template.json README.md Realease_Notes.txt ui/ templates/ packs/ module/ macros/ lang/ images/ css/ fonts/

      # Create a release for this specific version
      - name: Update Release with Files
        id: create_version_release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true # set this to false if you want to prevent updating existing releases
          name: ${{ github.event.release.name }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          artifacts: './system.json, ./master.zip'
          tag: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
          body: ${{ github.event.release.body }}

      # Update the 'latest' release
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_latest_release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        if: endsWith(github.ref, 'master')
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          name: Latest
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          artifacts: './system.json,./master.zip'
          tag: latest
          body: ${{ github.event.release.body }}