Merge branch 'automatic-tagging'

Author: l-trotta

.github/workflows/release_central.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ on:
 env:
   BRANCH: ${{ inputs.branch }}
   VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+  PREV_VERSION: ${{ inputs.prev_version }}
   DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
 
 jobs:
@@ -44,7 +45,8 @@ jobs:
     needs:
       - validate-version
     steps:
-      - id: buildkite-run
+      - name: Start buildkite run
+        id: buildkite-run
         uses: elastic/oblt-actions/buildkite/run@v1
         with:
           pipeline: "elasticsearch-java-release"
@@ -54,3 +56,44 @@ jobs:
           env-vars: |
             DRY_RUN=${{ inputs.dry_run }}
             VERSION=${{ inputs.version }}
+
+  tag-bump-and-gh-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch ephemeral GitHub token
+        id: fetch-ephemeral-token
+        uses: elastic/ci-gh-actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          vault-instance: "ci-prod"
+
+      - name: Tag branch ${{ inputs.branch }} with release ${{ inputs.version }}, bump version with new release ${{ inputs.version }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: elastic/elasticsearch-java
+          token: ${{ steps.fetch-ephemeral-token.outputs.token }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+          path: elasticsearch-java
+          # TODO git push after making sure the version bump works
+          run: |
+            git tag v${{ inputs.version }}
+            git push origin v${{ inputs.version }}
+            echo ${{ inputs.version }} > config/version.txt
+            sed -i '/static final String VERSION/s/".*"/"${{ inputs.version }}"/' java-client/src/main-flavored/java/co/elastic/clients/transport/VersionInfo.java
+
+      - name: Creates new github release with version ${{ inputs.version }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          repository: elastic/elasticsearch-java
+          token: ${{ steps.fetch-ephemeral-token.outputs.token }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+          path: elasticsearch-java
+          tag_name: v${{ inputs.version }}
+          name: v${{ inputs.version }}
+          draft: true
+          prerelease: false
+          body: |
+            ## What's Changed
+            
+            **Full Changelog**: https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-java/compare/v{{inputs.prev_version}}...v{{ inputs.version }}
+
+