maven-prerelease.yml

# This workflow will build a Java project with Maven
# For more information see: https://help.github.com/actions/language-and-framework-guides/building-and-testing-java-with-maven

name: Prerelease Publisher

on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
    tags-ignore:
      - 'v*' # do not run on tags, as we run the full publish then
    paths-ignore:
      - 'bin/'
      - 'docs_manual/'
      - '.github/'

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
    - name: Set up JDK 12
      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
      with:
        java-version: '21'
        distribution: 'temurin'
        cache: 'maven'
    - name: Build with Maven
      # without -DskipTests, we also run tests, which should prevent 
      # the package from being packaged if tests fail
      run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml -P dist
    - name: Determine Prerelease Name
      id: name_determiner
      run: echo "##[set-output name=name;]DataShot-$(date +'%Y%m%d-%H%M')-beta"
    - name: Create Pre-release
      id: create_prerelease
      if: success()
      uses: actions/create-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        tag_name: untagged-${{ steps.name_determiner.outputs.name }}-${{ github.sha }}
        release_name: ${{ steps.name_determiner.outputs.name }}
        body: "Momentary Snapshot Version. Refer to the git history, [commit log](https://github.com/BernhardWebstudio/DataShot_DesktopApp/commits/master) for current changes"
        draft: false
        prerelease: true
    - name: Upload Pre-release
      id: upload_prerelease
      if: success()
      #uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
      #env:
      #  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      #with: 
      #  upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps 
      #  asset_path: ./my-artifact.zip
      #  asset_name: my-artifact.zip
      #  asset_content_type: application/zip
      uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v2
      with:
        pattern: "target/DataShot*.jar"
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        release-url: ${{ steps.create_prerelease.outputs.upload_url }}