Update Github Workflow and release version to 5.5.0

.github/workflows/python-publish.yml

@@ -6,18 +6,83 @@
 # separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support
 # documentation.
 
+## References: 
+# 1. https://github.com/actions/create-release
+# 2. https://github.com/ArjanCodes/bragir/blob/main/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+
 name: Upload Python Package
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: 
-      - 'feat/**'
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+a[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+b[0-9]+"
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+"
 
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
+env:
+  PACKAGE_NAME: "wfx-common-tools"
+
 jobs:
+
+  check-tag-details:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.new_version }}
+      suffix: ${{ steps.release.outputs.suffix }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Extract tag details
+        id: release
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ github.ref_type }}" = "tag" ]; then
+            TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+            NEW_VERSION=$(echo $TAG_NAME | awk -F'-' '{print $1}')
+            SUFFIX=$(echo $TAG_NAME | grep -oP '[a-z]+[0-9]+' || echo "")
+            echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "suffix=$SUFFIX" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Version is $NEW_VERSION"
+            echo "Suffix is $SUFFIX"
+            echo "Tag name is $TAG_NAME"
+          else
+            echo "No tag found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+    
+  check-version-pypi:
+    needs: check-tag-details
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Fetch information from PyPI
+        run: |
+          response=$(curl -s https://pypi.org/pypi/${{ env.PACKAGE_NAME }}/json || echo "{}")
+          latest_previous_version=$(echo $response | grep -o '"[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]"' | sort -V | tail -n 1)
+          if [ -z "$latest_previous_version" ]; then
+            echo "Package not found on PyPI."
+            latest_previous_version="0.0.0"
+          fi
+          echo "Latest version on PyPI: $latest_previous_version"
+          echo "latest_previous_version=$latest_previous_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Compare versions and exit if not newer
+        run: |
+          NEW_VERSION=${{ needs.check-tag-details.outputs.new_version }}
+          LATEST_VERSION=$latest_previous_version
+          if [ "$(printf '%s\n' "$LATEST_VERSION" "$NEW_VERSION" | sort -rV | head -n 1)" != "$NEW_VERSION" ] || [ "$NEW_VERSION" == "$LATEST_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "The new version $NEW_VERSION is not greater than the latest version $LATEST_VERSION on PyPI."
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "The new version $NEW_VERSION is greater than the latest version $LATEST_VERSION on PyPI."
+          fi
+
   release-build:
+    needs: [check-tag-details, check-version-pypi]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -39,6 +104,15 @@ jobs:
           name: release-dists
           path: dist/
 
+      - 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: ${{github.ref}}
+          generate_release_notes : true
+
   pypi-publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:

pyproject.toml

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ exclude = [
 
 [project]
 name = "wfx_common_tools"
-version = "0.0.4"
+version = "5.5.0"
 authors = [
   { name = "silabs-Marc", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ dependencies = [
 maintainers = [
   { name="silabs-tuD", email="[email protected]" },
   { name="silabs-JulienT", email="[email protected]" },
+  { name = "silabs-Marc", email = "[email protected]"},
 ]
 
 description = "Silicon Laboratories WFx Wi-Fi tools for all supported platforms"