release.yml

# From https://github.com/League-of-Foundry-Developers/FoundryVTT-Module-Template/blob/master/.github/workflows/main.yml
name: Release Creation
  
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: Get the version
      id: get_version
      run: |
          echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}
          echo ::set-output name=VERSION_NUMBER::${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\/v/}
  
    #Substitute the Manifest and Download URLs in the module.json
    - name: Substitute Manifest and Download Links For Versioned Ones
      id: sub_manifest_link_version
      uses: microsoft/variable-substitution@v1
      with:
        files: 'module.json'
      env:
        version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION_NUMBER }}
        manifest: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/releases/latest/download/module.json
        download: https://github.com/${{github.repository}}/releases/download/${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}/module.zip

    # create a zip file with all files required by the module to add to the release
    - name: Zip files
      run: zip -r ./module.zip * -x@.github/zip-exclude.lst

    # Create a release for this specific version
    - name: Update Release with Files
      id: create_version_release
      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
      with:
        allowUpdates: false
        tag: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
        name: Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
        draft: false
        prerelease: false
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        artifacts: './module.json, ./module.zip'

    # Update the 'latest' release
    - name: Create Release
      id: create_latest_release
      uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
      with:
        allowUpdates: true
        name: Latest
        draft: false
        prerelease: false
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        artifacts: './module.json,./module.zip'
        tag: latest