build.yml

name: Build and Upload Artifact

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main  # replace with your default branch if not 'main'

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Go
      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
      with:
        go-version: 1.21  # replace with your Go version

    - name: Build
      run: go build -v -o tailtrail 
    
    - name: Release
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
      with:
        files: tailtrail
    
    # - 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: .
    #     asset_name: tailtrail
    #     asset_content_type: application/octet-stream