Update release to tag and publish to github

.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
-  publish:
+  npm-publish:
     name: Publish to NPM & GitHub Package Registry
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      new_version: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -59,3 +61,20 @@ jobs:
         run: npm publish
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  create-github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: npm-publish
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Create Release Notes
+        uses: actions/[email protected]
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          script: |
+            await github.request(`POST /repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases`, {
+              tag_name: "v${{ needs.npm-publish.outputs.new_version }}",
+              generate_release_notes: true
+            });

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -16,6 +16,4 @@ Want to install this repo locally?
 
 Ready to release a new version?
 
-- create a pr and update the package.json with the new version, as well as the changelog to be how you'd like
-- merge the pr, that's it! (the change in the version triggers a publish to npm via https://github.com/grafana/grafana-aws-sdk-react/blob/main/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml)
-- a note we don't currently make tags/releases on github, but perhaps in the future we can do so
+To release a new version of the package, commit the updated "version" field into main, which will trigger the [Release action](https://github.com/grafana/grafana-aws-sdk-react/blob/main/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml) which publishes to npm and creates a github release with release notes.

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@grafana/aws-sdk",
-  "version": "0.3.2",
+  "version": "0.3.3",
   "description": "Common AWS features for grafana",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "module": "dist/esm/index.js",