auto-release.yml

name: Gitflow - Auto prepare release
on:
  pull_request:
    types:
      - closed
    branches:
      - master

# This workflow tirggers a release when merging a branch with the pattern `prepare-release/VERSION` into master.
jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    name: 'Prepare a new version'

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
          fetch-depth: 0

      # https://github.com/actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match
      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@v2
        id: version
        with:
          # Parse version from head branch
          text: ${{ github.head_ref }}
          # match: preprare-release/xx.xx.xx
          regex: '^prepare-release\/(\d+\.\d+\.\d+)$'

      - name: Prepare release
        uses: getsentry/action-prepare-release@v1
        if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && steps.version.outputs.match != ''
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
        with:
          version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.group1 }}
          force: false
          merge_target: master