another attempt at fixing the CI

Author: brunopagno

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [trigger-release]
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     tags:
@@ -27,9 +29,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Package build output
         run: npm pack
 
+      - name: Set TAG from repository_dispatch
+        if: github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch'
+        run: echo "TAG=${{ github.event.client_payload.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Set TAG from push
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        run: echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           files: '*.tgz'
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/tag-version.yml

@@ -18,15 +18,21 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0 # fetch all tags
 
       - name: Tag and push if new version
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           VERSION=$(jq -r .version package.json)
           TAG="v$VERSION"
           if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "Tag $TAG already exists. No action taken."
           else
-            gh auth login --with-token < <(echo "$GH_TOKEN")
-            gh api repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/git/refs -f ref="refs/tags/$TAG" -f sha="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
-            echo "Tag $TAG created via GitHub API."
+            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+            git tag "$TAG"
+            git push origin "$TAG"
+            echo "Tag $TAG created and pushed."
+
+            curl -X POST \
+              -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
+              https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/dispatches \
+              -d "{\"event_type\":\"trigger-release\",\"client_payload\":{\"tag\":\"$TAG\"}}"
           fi