create-draft-release.yml

---
name: create_draft_release
# yamllint disable rule:line-length

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

# set the run-name 
run-name: ${{ github.ref_name }} -> create_draft_release (
  ${{ github.run_attempt }}
  )
    

jobs:
    
  create_draft_release:
    name: create_draft_release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      id-token: write
      contents: write
    steps:

    - name: Echo current date and time
      id: datetime
      run: |
        echo "datetime: $(date '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')"

    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
    
    - name: Set up Python
      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
      with:
        python-version: 3.13
    
    - name: Update pip and install hatch
      run: |
        export PIP_ROOT_USER_ACTION=ignore
        pip install --upgrade pip
        pip install hatch

    - name: Get version
      id: get_version
      run: |
        export version=$(hatch version)
        echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      
    #validates that the version is a valid semver
    - name: Validate version
      id: validate_version
      run: |
        if [[ ! ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
          echo "Invalid version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
          exit 1
        fi

    
    - name: Create release branch
      run: |
        git checkout -b "release/v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"
        git push origin "release/v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}"

    - name: Create DRAFT release through github cli and upload assets
      env: 
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      run: |        
        gh release create v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} --title v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }} --generate-notes --draft