From 6683db81e5cb539d5531026e7c353ac8e6f9802c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Greg Cockroft <greg@lightcrafttech.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2024 11:42:28 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] add workflow for releases

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 41 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1166f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Create Release for Batch Asset Importer
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*' # Trigger only when a tag starting with 'v' is pushed (e.g., v1.0.0, v2.3.4)
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Build and Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      # Step 1: Checkout the repository
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      # Step 2: Extract the version from the tag
+      - name: Extract Version
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      # Step 3: Zip the `batch_asset_importer` folder with version in filename
+      - name: Zip the Addon
+        run: |
+          mkdir release
+          cp -r batch_asset_importer release/
+          cd release
+          zip -r "batch_asset_importer_${VERSION}.zip" batch_asset_importer/
+
+      # Step 4: Upload the ZIP as a GitHub Release Asset
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          artifacts: release/batch_asset_importer_${{ env.VERSION }}.zip # Path to the ZIP file with version
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }} # Use the tag that triggered the workflow
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }} # Name the release after the tag
+          body: |
+            **Batch Asset Importer Addon**
+            - Automatically generated release for version ${{ github.ref_name }}
+