release-github.yml

name: Release on Github
on:
  workflow_dispatch: # Allows this workflow to be manually triggered
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - '*' # Trigger when any tag is pushed
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get release version from setup.py
        id: get_version
        # extract the version value string from the setup.py file (tag value does not matter)
        run: echo RELEASE_VERSION=$(cat setup.py | grep version | grep -o "'.*'" | sed "s/'//g") >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Create Github Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
          release_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
          body: ${{ github.event.head_commit.message }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false