Create Latest Release for Every Merged Pull Request

.github/workflows/create-latest-release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+name: "Create latest release"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  get-changed-metadata:
+    name: "📋 Get a list of changed metadata"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    outputs:
+      matrix: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.matrix }}
+      none-found: ${{ steps.set-matrix.outputs.none-found }}
+    steps:
+      - name: "☁️ Checkout repository"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: "🔧 Setup java"
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'oracle'
+          java-version: '21'
+      - name: "🕸️ Get changed metadata matrix"
+        id: set-matrix
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew generateMatrixDiffCoordinates -PbaseCommit=$(git show-ref -s "latest") -PnewCommit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+  release:
+    needs: get-changed-metadata
+    if: needs.get-changed-metadata.result == 'success' && needs.get-changed-metadata.outputs.none-found != 'true'
+    name: "🚀 Create a release"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - name: "☁️ Checkout repository"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: "🔧 Setup java"
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'graalvm'
+          java-version: '21'
+      - name: "⬆️ Update version"
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/project.version(\"1.0.0-SNAPSHOT\")/project.version(\"latest\")/g" build.gradle
+      - name: "🔍 Run spotless check"
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew spotlessCheck
+      - name: "🏭 Generate release artifacts"
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew package
+      - name: "Delete previous latest release and tag"
+        run: |
+          gh release delete "latest" --cleanup-tag -y
+      - name: "📄 Commit changes"
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
+          git config --local user.name "Github Actions"
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Update latest release"
+          git tag "latest"
+          git push origin "latest"
+      - name: "📝 Publish a release"
+        run: |
+          gh release create "latest" build/graalvm-reachability-metadata-*.zip --title "Latest"

.github/workflows/create-scheduled-release.yml

@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "🕸️ Get changed metadata matrix"
         id: set-matrix
         run: |
-          LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --list | sort -V | tail -1)
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --list | grep -v latest | sort -V | tail -1)
           ./gradlew generateMatrixDiffCoordinates -PbaseCommit=$(git show-ref -s $LATEST_TAG) -PnewCommit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
 
   release:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '21'
       - name: "Get tags"
         run: |
-          PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG=$(git tag --list | sort -V | tail -1)
+          PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG=$(git tag --list | grep -v latest | sort -V | tail -1)
           echo "PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG=$PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
 
           CURRENT_RELEASE_TAG=$(sed -E 's/^([0-9]+\.)([0-9]+\.)([0-9]+)/echo \1\2$((\3+1))/e' <<< $PREVIOUS_RELEASE_TAG)