create_github_release.yml

name: Create GitHub Release

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  release:
    name: Create GitHub Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write

    steps:
      - name: Check if PR was merged
        run: |
          if [ "${{ github.event.pull_request.merged }}" != "true" ]; then
            echo "PR was not merged, skipping."
            exit 78
          fi

      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3.1.0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Define TAG
        run: |
          export VERSION=$(cat react-frontend/package.json | jq '.version' | tr -d '"')
          echo "TAG=v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Check if tag exists
        id: check_tag
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          result-encoding: string
          script: |
            const tag = process.env.TAG;
            const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
            try {
              await github.rest.git.getRef({
                owner,
                repo,
                ref: `tags/${tag}`,
              });
              // If the API call doesn't throw an error, the tag exists
              return true;
            } catch (error) {
              // If the API call throws an error, the tag doesn't exist
              return false;
            }
        env:
          TAG: ${{ env.TAG }}

      - name: Create Release and Tag
        uses: actions/github-script@v6
        with:
          result-encoding: string
          retries: 3
          script: |
            github.rest.repos.createRelease({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              tag_name: process.env.TAG,
              target_commitish: context.sha,
              name: process.env.TAG,
              generate_release_notes: true
            })