update CI configuration to trigger builds on master and tag pushes, and add release creation step for tagged versions

Author: KdGaming0

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-# Automatically build the project and run any configured tests for every push
-# and submitted pull request. This can help catch issues that only occur on
-# certain platforms or Java versions, and provides a first line of defence
-# against bad commits.
-
 name: build
-on: [pull_request, push]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    tags: [ 'v*' ] # Run on pushes to master and on tags like v1.0.0
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -24,7 +24,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: build
         run: ./gradlew build
       - name: capture build artifacts
+        if: "!startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')" # Don't upload to artifacts on tag pushes
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: Artifacts
-          path: build/libs/
+          path: build/libs/
+      - name: create release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') # Only run this step on tag pushes
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: build/libs/*.jar