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Author: timreimherr

.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml

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+name: Build and Release
+
+# make it callable with required input of release-notes string
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version - patch version of the release (e.g. x.y.z)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      release-notes:
+        description: 'Release Notes - string of markdown'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      draft:
+        description: 'Draft - true if the release should be a draft'
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+
+# in the first job
+# first, run on ubuntu-latest
+# then, install dependencies: moreutils, debhelper and help2man
+# then, using the input version create a v{input.version} tag at the head of the branch
+# then, checkout this repo
+# then, run the bash scripts: /scripts/package-deb and /scripts/package-tarball
+# in the next job
+# create a release using ncipollo/release-action@v1 to attach release notes and the artifacts and tag from the previous job
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install -y moreutils debhelper help2man
+      - name: Create tag
+        run: |
+          git tag -a v${{ github.event.inputs.version }} -m "v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Package deb
+        run: |
+          bash scripts/package-deb
+      - name: Package tarball
+        run: |
+          bash scripts/package-tarball
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          repo: github/backup-utils
+          artifacts: |
+            ./dist/github-backup-utils-v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}.tar.gz
+            ./dist/github-backup-utils_${{ github.event.inputs.version }}_all.deb
+          # token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} may need token, but try without first
+          releaseName: v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          draft: ${{ github.event.inputs.draft }}
+          body: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-notes }}