automated github release build

.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml

@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # This workflow will build a package using Maven and then publish it to GitHub packages when a release is created
 # For more information see: https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#apache-maven-with-a-settings-path
+# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58879480/how-to-automate-versioning-of-maven-project-in-github
 
-name: Maven Package
+name: Publish maven package to Github Packages
 
-on:  
+# on:
-  push:
+#  push:
-    tags:
+#    tags:
-      - '*'
+#      - '*'
 # on:
 #  push:
 #    branches: [main]
-#on:
+on:
-#  release:
+  release:
-#    types: [created]
+    types: [created]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -31,7 +32,10 @@ jobs:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
-
+    - if: github.event.release
+      name: Update version in pom.xml (Release only)
+      run: mvn -B versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+    -
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
 

CHANGELOG

@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.9.9] - 2022-06-18
+### Changed
+- automated github release build
+
 ## [0.9.8] - 2022-06-14
 ### Fixed
 - uptake dependency-check-maven 7.1.1

README.md

@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ https://github.com/javamelody/javamelody/wiki
 * check dependent libraries for updates
 * run tests and build
 
+## Release
+* create a tag with version number
+* create a github release
+
 ## Installation
 * rename target/fop4apex*.war to fop4apex.war
 * copy fop4apex.war to tomcat webapps folder

pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.pdv.apex</groupId>
     <artifactId>fop4apex</artifactId>
-    <version>0.9.8</version>
+    <version>0.9.9-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <name>fop4apex</name>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
     <url>https://www.pdv.de</url>