Update the release process and setup the process to specify tags (#145)

* feat: Update the release process
* feat: Update the GH action checkout version

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Verify action syntax
         # The action should not publish any real changes, but should succeed.
         uses: './'

.github/workflows/monitoring_link.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
     name: Validate links
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Validate links
       uses: ad-m/report-link-action@master
       with:

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ published ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  publish:
+    name: Publish the release version
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repository and the branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup the release version and overwrite the existing major version tag
+        run: |
+          major_version=$(echo $GITHUB_REF_NAME | cut -d. -f1)
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git tag -fa $major_version -m "Update $major_version tag and add version $GITHUB_REF_NAME to it"
+          git push origin $major_version --force

README.md

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
         fetch-depth: 0
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
         persist-credentials: true
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
           fetch-depth: 0