automate release-drafter publishing 🗞️

.github/release-drafter.yml

@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION 🧪'
 tag-template: 'v$RESOLVED_VERSION'
-filter-by-commitish: false
-commitish: master
 categories:
   - title: '🚀 Features'
     labels:

.github/workflows/draft-publisher.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Release Publisher
+
+on: 
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      publish:
+        required: false
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  publish_release:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: read
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set version env
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}";
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_VERSION" ]; then
+            RELEASE_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}"
+          fi;
+          echo RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+          MINOR=${RELEASE_VERSION%.*}
+          MINOR=${MINOR#v}
+          TARGET=release/${MINOR}
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}" -eq "master" ]]; then
+            TARGET="master"
+          fi
+          echo RELEASE_TARGET=$TARGET >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
+        with:
+          config-name: release-drafter.yml
+          disable-autolabeler: true
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          tag: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          version: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          commitish: ${{ env.RELEASE_TARGET }}
+          publish: ${{ inputs.publish }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release-drafter.yml

@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ jobs:
       - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
         with:
           config-name: release-drafter.yml
+          commitish: ${{ github.ref }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/tag-publisher.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: Tag Publisher
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        type: string
+        description: the tag-ref to release e.g. 'v12.0.0'
+      publish:
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+        description: publish the drafted release as final version?
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/draft-pub.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ inputs.tag }}
+      # The 'publish' input parameter is used to control whether the release should be published automatically.
+      # Uncomment and set to 'false' if you want to prevent the release from being published immediately.
+      publish: ${{ inputs.publish == null && true || inputs.publish }}

README.md

@@ -43,35 +43,10 @@ Since 9.4: Releasing is only possible on a release branch.
 
 Wait until the maven central release is available: this may take several hours until it's fully distributed.
 
-- Publish the latest [draft release](https://github.com/axonivy/project-build-plugin/releases) do preserve the current changelog.
-
-  - Select the tag which was created for this release by the release-pipeline
-  - Verify that the title is correct
-  - Set the release as 'latest release'
-  - Publish it
-
 - Release-Drafter changes, if a new-release train was introduced:
 
-  - on `master` branch: 
-
-    - add a new release-drafter template for this new release by duplicating the existing and adding a release postfix e.g.`.github/release-drafter-lts14.yml`
-
-    - adjust the content of the duplicated file: 
-
-      ```yaml
-      filter-by-commitish: true
-      commitish: release/14.0
-      ```
-
-  - on the release branch: 
-
-    - change the `.github/workflow/release-drafter.yml` to listen only for changes  from ~~master~~ to `release/XYZ` and refer the new template from master by name in the [config-name](.github/workflow/release-drafter.yml#32) part (e.g. `release-drafter-lts14.yml` )
-
-  - on github UI (PR View): 
-
-    - flag the latest PR which was only merged to master with the label `major` 
-
-  - ... now release-drafter action runs should create new draft PRs for the new release; without overwriting the existing master drafts.
+  - on github UI (PR View):  flag the latest PR which was only merged to master with the label `major`.  
+    ... now release-drafter action runs should create new draft PRs for the new release; without overwriting the existing master drafts.
 
 - Raise project-build-plugin in other repos by triggering this [build](https://jenkins.ivyteam.io/view/jobs/job/github-repo-manager_raise-build-plugin-version/job/master/)