Create standing dev release on GitHub

Author: dmulloy2

.github/workflows/dev-build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: ProtocolLib development build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - gh-action-int
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '21'
+          cache: 'gradle'
+
+      - name: Run gradle build lifecycle
+        run: |
+          COMMIT_SHA=${{ github.sha }}
+          ./gradlew build shadowJar --no-daemon
+
+      - name: Upload plugin file
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ProtocolLib
+          path: build/libs/ProtocolLib.jar
+
+      - name: Create or update GitHub pre-release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          COMMIT_MSG=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)
+          SHORT_HASH=$(echo "${{ github.sha }}" | cut -c1-7)
+          RELEASE_NOTES=$(gh release view dev-build --repo ${{ github.repository }} --json body -q ".body" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+          gh release view dev-build --repo ${{ github.repository }} || \
+            gh release create dev-build --prerelease --title "Development Build" --notes "## Changelog" --repo ${{ github.repository }}
+          NEW_NOTES="$RELEASE_NOTES"$'\n'"* [$SHORT_HASH] $COMMIT_MSG"
+          gh release edit dev-build --notes "$NEW_NOTES" --repo ${{ github.repository }}
+          gh release upload dev-build build/libs/ProtocolLib.jar#ProtocolLib.jar --clobber --repo ${{ github.repository }}

build.gradle.kts

@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ description = "Provides access to the Minecraft protocol"
 
 val mcVersion = "1.21.8"
 val isSnapshot = version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
-val buildNumber = System.getenv("BUILD_NUMBER") ?: ""
-val isJenkins = buildNumber.isNotEmpty()
+val commitHash = System.getenv("COMMIT_SHA") ?: ""
+val isCI = commitHash.isNotEmpty()
 
 repositories {
-    if (!isJenkins) {
+    if (!isCI) {
         mavenLocal()
     }
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ java {
 
 tasks {
     processResources {
-        val fullVersion = if (isSnapshot && isJenkins) "${version}-${buildNumber}" else version
+        val fullVersion = if (isSnapshot && isCI) "${version}-${commitHash.take(7)}" else version
 
         eachFile {
             expand("version" to fullVersion)

gradle.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-version=5.4.0
+version=5.4.1-SNAPSHOT
 mavenCentralUsername=
 mavenCentralPassword=
 signing.keyId=