create-release.yml

name: Create Release

on:
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get current date
        id: get_date
        run: echo "::set-output name=DATE::$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')"

      - name: Get the version
        id: get_version
        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::$(echo $GITHUB_REF | cut -d / -f 3)

      - name: Generate changelog
        id: changelog
        uses: metcalfc/changelog-generator@v1.0.0
        with:
          myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Get the changelog
        run: echo "${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}"

      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }} - ${{ steps.get_date.outputs.DATE }}
          body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false