windowsrelease.yml

name: WindowsRelease
# Creates a Windows Installer using beeware-briefcase and github actions
# Author: Rahul Singh
# https://github.com/codecliff/PhotoGlimmer
# Runs manually, will prompt for release tag

on:                                  #event
  #push:
  #  branches: [ maser ]            #note the typo
  #pull_request:
  #  branches: [ maser ]
  workflow_dispatch:
      inputs:                        #when run, ask user to input release tag
        reltag:
          description: "tag for release, eg v1.0.0_win"
          required: true
          default: "latest"
permissions:      
      contents: write
      pull-requests: write
      repository-projects: write     

jobs:
  build-win:
    runs-on: windows-2019
    env:
      TAGNAME: ${{ inputs.reltag }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 #1
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3 #2
        with:
          python-version: '3.8.10'

      - name: install dependencies #3
        run: |          
          python -m pip install briefcase        
      - name: Build AppImage #4
        run: |
          briefcase build           
          briefcase package                               #this creates .msi file on windows  

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2 #5
        with:
          name: linuxartifacts 
          path: "./dist/"

      - uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest # {{xyz}}varaibles not available in uses
        with:
          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"          
          automatic_release_tag: "${{ inputs.reltag }}" 
          prerelease: false
          title: "Build ${{ github.event.inputs.reltag }}"    #same as inputs.reltag 
          files: |            
            ./dist/*.*