From 9f14c3f0f5291e701e5a0ef34cb424dd0dcdeec7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: roopeshsn <roopeshsaravanan.dev@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2025 18:06:48 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Add workflow to automate release process

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 Makefile                      |  5 ++++
 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d76e786
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+name: Automated Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Run Unit Tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: true
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.24.0
+      - name: Display the version of go that we have installed
+        run: go version
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: test
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.24.0
+      - name: Display the version of go that we have installed
+        run: go version
+      - name: Extract tag version
+        id: get_tag
+        run: echo "version=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create GitHub Release with Notes
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.version }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.version }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 91fb0ef..bbe0329 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -34,6 +34,11 @@ unittest:
 unittestwithcover:
 	$(GOFOLDERS) | xargs $(GO) test -cover $(GOTEST_FLAGS) -timeout=$(TEST_TIMEOUT) -run UnitTest$
 
+# To create a new release: `make release VERSION=v0.2.0`
+release:
+	git tag $(VERSION)
+	git push origin $(VERSION)
+
 COVER_PKGS := `find . -name '*_test.go' ! -path "./.git/*" ! -path "./Godeps/*" ! -path "./vendor/*" | xargs -I{} dirname {} | sort -u`
 coverdata:
 	echo 'mode: $(COVER_MODE)' > $(COVER_TMPFILE)