release-on-version-change.yml

name: Release on Version Change

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master  # Change this to your target branch
    paths:
      - 'pom.xml'

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - name: Checkout repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v2

    - name: Set up Java
      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
      with:
        distribution: 'adopt'
        java-version: '11'

    - name: Get project version
      id: get_version
      run: echo "VERSION=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV

    - name: Check if version has changed
      id: check_version
      run: |
        latest_version=$(curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/latest | jq -r .tag_name)
        current_version=${{ env.VERSION }}
        echo "Latest version: $latest_version"
        echo "Current version: $current_version"
        if [ "$current_version" != "$latest_version" ]; then
          echo "::set-output name=version_changed::true"
        else
          echo "::set-output name=version_changed::false"
        fi

    - name: Create GitHub Release
      if: steps.check_version.outputs.version_changed == 'true'
      id: create_release
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
      with:
        tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
        name: Release ${{ env.VERSION }}
        body: |
          Release of version ${{ env.VERSION }}.
        draft: false
        prerelease: false
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

    # Log the output for debugging
    - name: Log Release Creation Status
      run: |
        echo "Release creation status:"
        echo "${{ steps.create_release.outputs }}"