release-on-version-change.yml

name: Release on Version Change

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    paths:
      - '**/build.gradle.kts'

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: Change wrapper permissions
        run: chmod +x ./gradlew

      - name: Get project version
        id: get_version
        run: |
          # Run Gradle to get the project version
          version=$(./gradlew -q printVersion)
          echo "VERSION=${version}" >> $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 }}"