Add automatic release creation to GitHub Actions

Author: bartsli

.github/workflows/maven.yml

@@ -3,14 +3,16 @@ name: Build and Publish
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ main ]
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       packages: write
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -22,10 +24,23 @@ jobs:
     - name: Build
       run: mvn clean verify -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true
     - name: Publish Package
-      if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+      if: github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/'))
       run: mvn deploy -X -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -s .github/settings.xml
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         GITHUB_ACTOR: ${{ github.actor }}
         MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
-        MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 
+        MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    - name: Create Release
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        files: |
+          target/*.jar
+          target/*.pom
+          target/*.asc
+          target/*.md5
+          target/*.sha1
+        generate_release_notes: true
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}