release.yml

name: tag-or-release
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tag_or_release:
        description: 'must be string of either "tag" or "release"'     
        required: true
        default: 'tag'
      name:
        description: 'the tag or release name, i.e. v1.0.0'     
        required: true
      source_branch:
        description: 'the branch to tag or release'
        required: true
        default: "main"

jobs:
  tag_or_release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    name: tag or release the given branch with the given name
    steps:
      - name: checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: release
        id: release
        uses: ./.github/actions/release
        env:
          tag_or_release: "${{ github.event.inputs.tag_or_release }}"
          name: "${{ github.event.inputs.name }}"
          source_branch: "${{ github.event.inputs.source_branch }}"
          token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"