release.yml

name: "Release"
# opens a PR to bump the version and create a release
# can be called from other workflows
# versioning is based on conventional commits message format
on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      runs-on:
        description: 'Where to run, usually ubuntu-latest or self-hosted'
        default: 'ubuntu-latest'
        required: false
        type: string
      release-type:
        description: 'Release type to use. Defaults to simple'
        default: 'simple'
        required: false
        type: string
    outputs:
      release_created:
        description: 'Whether a release was created'
        value: ${{ jobs.release_please.outputs.release_created }}
      version:
        description: 'The version that was released'
        value: ${{ jobs.release_please.outputs.version }}
jobs:
  release_please:
    outputs:
      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
    runs-on: ${{ inputs.runs-on }}
    steps:
      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
        id: release
        with:
          release-type: ${{ inputs.release-type }}
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: "tag major and minor versions"
        id: version
        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
        run: |
          git config user.name "github-actions[bot] :robot:"
          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
          git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action.git"
          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}

          echo "release_created=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "version=v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.patch }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT