createrelease.yml

name: Upload Release Tarball

on:
  push:
    tags:
    - '*' # Push events of any tag created

jobs:
  build:
    name: Upload Release Asset
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Build project
        # This builds the release tarball, stripped of unneccessary things
        run: |
          mkdir artifacts
          tar --exclude="test" --exclude="DEPRECATED" --exclude="artifacts" --exclude=".git" --exclude=".github" -zcvf artifacts/harpy.${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz .
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: harpy v${{ github.ref }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
      - name: Upload Release Asset
        id: upload-release-asset 
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing its ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url` 
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} 
          asset_path: ./artifacts/harpy.${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
          asset_name: harpy.${{ github.ref_name }}.tar.gz
          asset_content_type: application/zip