Create prereleases on push to main, and allow manual dispatch to create prereleases on other branches

Author: RyanHecht

.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml

@@ -7,15 +7,23 @@
 
 name: Gradle Package
 
-
-on:
+on: 
   release:
-    types: [created]
+    types:  [created]
+  push:
+    branches: 
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch: 
+    inputs:
+      prerelease_tag:
+        description:  'Tag name for the prerelease (e.g., v1.0.0-beta.1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
-jobs:
-  build:
+jobs: 
+  build: 
 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on:  ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
@@ -24,11 +32,11 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-      with:
+      with: 
         java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-        settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+        server-id:  github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        settings-path: ${{ github. workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
 
     - name: Setup Gradle
       uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@417ae3ccd767c252f5661f1ace9f835f9654f2b5 # v3.1.0
@@ -38,13 +46,44 @@ jobs:
 
     # The USERNAME and TOKEN need to correspond to the credentials environment variables used in
     # the publishing section of your build.gradle
-    - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
-      run: ./gradlew publish
-      env:
+    - name:  Publish to GitHub Packages
+      run:  ./gradlew publish
+      env: 
         USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
         TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        
+
+    # Upload release asset for official releases
     - name: Upload Release Asset
+      if: github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      with: 
+        files: build/libs/showscript.jar
+
+    # Create prerelease on push to main
+    - name: Create Prerelease on Push to Main
+      if: github.event_name == 'push' && github. ref == 'refs/heads/main'
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
       with:
+        tag_name: prerelease-${{ github.sha }}
+        name: Prerelease ${{ github.sha }}
+        prerelease: true
+        files: build/libs/showscript.jar
+        body: |
+          Automated prerelease from commit ${{ github.sha }}
+          
+          Branch:  main
+          Commit: ${{ github. event.head_commit. message }}
+
+    # Create prerelease on manual dispatch
+    - name: Create Prerelease on Manual Dispatch
+      if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      with: 
+        tag_name:  ${{ inputs.prerelease_tag }}
+        name: Prerelease ${{ inputs.prerelease_tag }}
+        prerelease: true
         files: build/libs/showscript.jar
+        body: |
+          Manual prerelease from branch ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          
+          Commit: ${{ github.sha }}