From 2c009ca5333d44471c3dd1b1134b65bf67091ae1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Juan Cruz Fortunatti <juancfortunatti@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2026 12:00:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci: create a GitHub release after each npm publish

---
 .github/workflows/publish.yml | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 25 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 06f1c50..cc706a6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -75,3 +75,28 @@ jobs:
         run: npm publish --ignore-scripts
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+  release:
+    name: create GitHub release
+    needs: publish
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      # Runs only after npm publish succeeds; an existing release is left as is,
+      # so re-running a publish never fails here.
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+
+          if gh release view "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Release ${RELEASE_TAG} already exists."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          gh release create "${RELEASE_TAG}" --repo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" --verify-tag --generate-notes --title "${RELEASE_TAG}"