update and modernize release and publish

Author: jGaboardi

.github/workflows/release_and_publish.yml

@@ -7,66 +7,59 @@
  # under the user's name, not the organzation.
 
  #--------------------------------------------------
- name: release_and_publish
+ name: Release & Publish
 
- on:
-   push:
-     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
-     tags:
-       - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
- jobs:
-   build:
-     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-     steps:
-     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-     - name: Set up Python
-       uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-       with:
-         python-version: '3.x'
-     - name: Install dependencies
-       run: |
-         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-         pip install setuptools wheel twine jupyter urllib3 pandas pyyaml
-         python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-     - name: Run Changelog
-       run: |
-         jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute --inplace --ExecutePreprocessor.timeout=-1 --ExecutePreprocessor.kernel_name=python3 tools/gitcount.ipynb
-     - name: Cat Changelog
-       uses: pCYSl5EDgo/cat@master
-       id: changetxt
-       with:
-         path: ./tools/changelog.md
-       env:
-         TEXT: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
-     - name: Create Release
-       id: create_release
-       uses: actions/create-release@v1
-       env:
-         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # token is provided by GHA, DO NOT create
-       with:
-         tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-         release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-         body: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
-         draft: false
-         prerelease: false
-     - name: Get Asset name
-       run: |
-         export PKG=$(ls dist/)
-         set -- $PKG
-         echo "name=$1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-     - name: Upload Release Asset
-       id: upload-release-asset
-       uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-       env:
-         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-       with:
-         upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
-         asset_path: dist/${{ env.name }}
-         asset_name: ${{ env.name }}
-         asset_content_type: application/zip
-     - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
-       with:
-         user: __token__
-         password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create release & publish to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      
+      - name: Set up python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel twine jupyter urllib3 pandas pyyaml
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+      
+      - name: run Changelog
+        run: |
+          jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute --inplace --ExecutePreprocessor.timeout=-1 --ExecutePreprocessor.kernel_name=python3 tools/gitcount.ipynb
+      
+      - name: cat Changelog
+        uses: pCYSl5EDgo/cat@master
+        id: changetxt
+        with:
+          path: ./tools/changelog.md
+        env:
+          TEXT: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
+      
+      - name: Get the tag name
+        run: echo "TAG=${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          body: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.text }}
+          body_path: ${{ steps.changetxt.outputs.path }}
+          name: Release ${{ env.TAG }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      
+      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@master
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}