Auto generate github release on version change (#387)

.github/workflows/publish.yml

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-name: Publish to npm
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-    branches:
-      - main
-      - master
-    paths:
-      - "package.json"
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: >
-      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
-      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Release')
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: lts/*
-          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run build
-      - run: npm publish --access public
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Create a release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - "package.json"
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: >
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Release')
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+      - name: Get current version
+        id: current_version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=version::$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+      - name: Create release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.current_version.outputs.version }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          make_latest: "true"
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: >
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'Release')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: lts/*
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build
+      - run: npm publish --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}