release.yml

# Build, run tests and create a new release using the CHANGELOG.md file as release notes
name: release 

# Controls when the action will run. Triggers the workflow on push with a release tag
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:

  # Reuse the workflow to build and test the library
  build-and-test:
    name: Build and Test
    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml
    secrets:
      codecov_token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}

  # Create a new release
  create-release:
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [build-and-test]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
          
      - name: Build Documentation
        uses: docker://antonyurchenko/git-release:v6
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          DRAFT_RELEASE: "false"
          PRE_RELEASE: "false"
          ALLOW_EMPTY_CHANGELOG: "false"