initial release

.github/workflows/release.marvinpinto.yml

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+---
+name: "release"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Match only a full sematic version tag, i.e. v20.15.10
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: "Create release"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+
+    steps:
+      # Full documentation: https://github.com/marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases
+      - uses: "marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest"
+        with:
+          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
+          prerelease: false

README.md

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+# demo-auto-release
+
+Demo of GH Actions for automatic releases.
+
+Free free make a commit and add a release tag!
+
+## Git Commands to Create Release
+
+This will create a Release with "v1.0.0" as the content/description of the release. The "v1.0.0" comes from the message in the annotated tag.
+
+```
+$ git add .
+$ git commit -m "blah, blah"
+$ git tag -a v1.0.0 -m "v1.0.0"
+$ git push origin --follow-tags
+
+# OR, if you have set the global push.followTags settings to true
+$ git push origin
+```
+
+
+## Alternative That Shows Commits in the Release
+```
+$ git add .
+$ git commit -m "blah, blah"
+$ git push origin
+$ git tag v1.0.0
+$ git push origin v1.0.0
+```
+
+## Git Configuration
+If you set `push.followTags` as shown below, you don't have to use the `--follow-tags` option in the command sequence above.
+
+```
+git config --global push.followTags true
+```
+
+## How The Release Github Action Works
+
+This repo is configured with a Github Action workflow in [.github/workflows/release.marvinpinto.yml](.github/workflows/release.marvinpinto.yml) that implements the automatic release based on tags.
+
+It relies on the [automatic-releases](https://github.com/marketplace/actions/automatic-releases) Github Action. That Action is one of many available to create Releases. Others may be better, but the one from Marvin Pinto is simple and does what's needed.
+
+## Change Log
+
+### v1.0.0
+- initial commit