create_release.yml

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered

name: Create Release

# Controls when the action will run. Workflow runs when manually triggered using the UI
# or API.
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    # Inputs the workflow accepts.
    inputs:
      release_name:
        # Friendly description to be shown in the UI instead of 'name'
        description: 'Release Name'
        # Input has to be provided for the workflow to run
        required: true
        # The data type of the input
        type: string

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "greet"
  create_release:
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
    # Runs a single command using the runners shell
    - name: Send greeting
      run: echo "Hello ${{ inputs.release_name }}"
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.PUSH_KEY }}
    - name: Update manifest.json
      run: |
        release_name="${{ inputs.release_name }}"
        version="${release_name#v}"
        download_url="https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/download/${release_name}/trust.zip"
        jq --arg url "$download_url" --arg version "$version" '.download_url = $url | .version = $version' manifest.json > temp.json
        mv temp.json manifest.json
        git config --global user.name 'cyrite'
        git config --global user.email 'cyrite@users.noreply.github.com'
        git add manifest.json
        if git diff-index --quiet HEAD; then
          echo "No changes to commit"
        else
          git commit -m "Update version and download_url in manifest.json for release ${{ inputs.release_name }}"
          git push origin main
        fi
    - name: Zip Folder
      run: zip -r trust.zip . -x ".git/*" ".github/*" "generate_readme.sh"
    - name: Create Release
      id: create_release
      uses: actions/create-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
      with:
        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
        release_name: ${{ inputs.release_name }}
        draft: true
        prerelease: false
    - name: Upload Release Asset
      id: upload-release-asset 
      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
        asset_path: ./trust.zip
        asset_name: trust.zip
        asset_content_type: application/zip