release-drafter.yml

name: Release Drafter & Updater
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - develop
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
jobs:
  # cleanup draft releases before creating a new one
  delete-draft-releases:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
    - name: Delete draft releases
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |
        echo "Fetching draft releases..."
        DRAFTS=$(curl -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
                      -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
                      https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
                      | jq '.[] | select(.draft==true) | .id')
 
        echo "Draft Releases IDs: $DRAFTS"
 
        for DRAFT_ID in $DRAFTS; do
          if [ -n "$DRAFT_ID" ]; then
            echo "Deleting draft release ID: $DRAFT_ID"
            curl -X DELETE \
                 -H "Authorization: token $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
                 -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
                 https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/$DRAFT_ID
          fi
        done
 
  # create release draft with new release notes
  update_release_draft:
    needs: delete-draft-releases
    permissions:
      # write permission is required to create a github release
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}