release.yml

name: Automatic release

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '0 0 1 */3 *'

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with: # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/1471
          fetch-depth: 0
          fetch-tags: true

      - name: Set git user
        uses: fregante/setup-git-user@v2

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
        with:
          python-version: 3.x

      - name: Update repository for release
        id: update
        run: echo "version=$(python update_for_release.py)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" # returns new version to output

      - name: Commit changes & push
        run: |
          git add plugin.json
          git commit -m "Update for release ${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}"
          git tag "v${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}"
          git push origin v${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}

      - name: Create release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          name: Release ${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}
          body: "Automatic release"
          tag_name: v${{ steps.update.outputs.version }}