release.yml

name: Create or prepare GitHub release

on:
  push:
    branches:    
      - master
    paths:
      - 'RELEASE'
  pull_request:
    types: [opened, synchronize]
    branches:
      - master
    paths:
      - 'RELEASE'

jobs:
  gh-release:
    name: GitHub release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: pipe-cd/actions-gh-release@v2.6.0
        with:
          release_file: 'RELEASE'
          # Actions that run using the auto-generated GitHub token are
          # not allowed to trigger a new workflow run. In this case we want
          # the tag created by actions-gh-release to trigger the main workflow
          # and result in publishing the extension to open-vsx.
          # The following scopes are required when creating the committer token:
          #  - repo:status, repo_deployment, public_repo, read:org
          # See here for more details:
          # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/automatic-token-authentication#using-the-github_token-in-a-workflow
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_COMMITTER_TOKEN }}