release.yml

name: Release

on:
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

jobs:
  build:
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@master # don't get confused by @master - it is the version of the checkout action. You repo will be checked out with ${{ github.ref }}
      - name: Deploy to Github Package Registry
        env:
            GITHUB_USERNAME: x-access-token
            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: mvn --settings .github/maven-settings.xml deploy
      - name: Release using Github CLI
        run: gh release create ${GITHUB_REF##*/} ./target/*.jar -t "Release ${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}