release-please-branches.yml

name: Create Releases From Branches

on:
  push:
    branches:
      # See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#filter-pattern-cheat-sheet
      - releases/v[0-9]+
jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Extract branch name
        shell: bash
        run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
        id: extract_branch

      - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v3.4.0
        id: release
        with:
          release-type: simple
          default-branch: ${{ steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch }}
          token: "${{ secrets.ACTIONS_TOKEN }}"

      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: '0'

      - name: Tag major and patch versions
        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
        run: |
          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
          git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
          git remote add gh-token "https://${{ secrets.ACTIONS_TOKEN}}@github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action.git"
          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} || true
          git push origin :v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}"
          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}
          git push origin v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}

      - name: Recreate latest tags for release ordering
        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
        id: recreate-latest-tags
        run: |
          git fetch -avtf
          LATEST="$(git tag -l|tail -1)"
          LATEST_MAJOR="$(git tag -l|tail -1|awk -F"." '{print $1}')"
          LATEST_MINOR="$(git tag -l|tail -1|awk -F"." '{print $1"."$2}')"
          git checkout main
          git tag -d "${LATEST}"
          git tag -d "${LATEST_MAJOR}"
          git tag -d "${LATEST_MINOR}"
          git push origin :"${LATEST}"
          git push origin :"${LATEST_MAJOR}"
          git push origin :"${LATEST_MINOR}"
          git tag -a "${LATEST}" -m "Release ${LATEST}"
          git tag -a "${LATEST_MAJOR}" -m "Release ${LATEST_MAJOR}"
          git tag -a "${LATEST_MINOR}" -m "Release ${LATEST_MINOR}"
          git push origin "${LATEST}"
          git push origin "${LATEST_MAJOR}"
          git push origin "${LATEST_MINOR}"
          echo "::set-output name=LATEST_RELEASE::${LATEST}"

      - name: Publish release on GitHub
        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
        uses: test-room-7/action-publish-release-drafts@v0
        with:
          tag-name: ${{ steps.recreate-latest-tags.outputs.LATEST_RELEASE }}