Adding release pipeline (#174)

* Fixing release  checkout

* Fixing release checkout step

* Changing package version

* fixing version stuff

* Switching to a different task

* fixing step

* fixng step

* Fixing stuff

* switch task

* Fixing release

* Fixing release updated task

* switching to checking tags

* fixing previous tag

* Fixing release notes

* Fixing stuff

* Always printing stuff

* Fixing stuff

* changing fetch depth to get all tags

* printing rel notes

* Adding double quotes

* Printing stuff

* fixing stuff

* Fixing spacing

.github/workflows/cd.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ permissions:
   actions: read
   checks: write
   deployments: write
+  packages: write
 
 jobs:
   build-and-test:
@@ -28,16 +29,20 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         run: npm install
-
-      - name: Check if package.json has changed
-        id: check
+      
+      - name: Check if tag is present
+        id: tag_check
         run: |
-          if [ $(git diff --name-only HEAD^1 HEAD | grep 'package.json' | wc -l) -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "No version change detected in package.json."
+          VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)
+          echo "version=${VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          if git rev-parse "${VERSION}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Tag v${VERSION} already exists."
+            echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           else
-            echo "Version change detected."
+            echo "Tag v${VERSION} does not exist."
+            echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           fi
-      
+
       - name: Create npm package
         run: npm pack
 
@@ -47,39 +52,54 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Checkout release branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        ref: release
-        path: './release'
+        with:
+          ref: release
+          path: ./release
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Extract package contents
         run: |
           tar -xzf *.tgz --strip-components=1 -C ./release
 
-      - name: Set up Git use
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-      
       - name: Push package contents to a new branch
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' package.json)
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
           cd ./release
           git add .
-          git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
+          git commit -m "Release v${{ env.version }}"
+          echo "Pushing with message: Release v${{ env.version }}"
+          git push origin release
       
       - name: Generate release notes
         run: |
-          PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 HEAD^1)
+          cd ./release
+          PREV_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          echo "${PREV_TAG}"
           GIT_LOG=$(git log --pretty=format:"%h - %s (%an)" "${PREV_TAG}..HEAD")
           echo "RELEASE_NOTES<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "${GIT_LOG}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      
+
       - name: Printing release notes
+        if: always()
         run: |
-          echo ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
-          echo ${{ env.GIT_LOG }}
-          echo ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
-          echo v${{ steps.check.outputs.version }}
+          echo " ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }} "
+          echo v${{ env.version }}
+          echo ${{ env.exists }}
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        if: env.exists == 'false'
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.version }}
+          release_name: Release v${{ env.version }}
+          body: ${{ env.RELEASE_NOTES }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          commitish: release