From b2afa276ab21a5165f67e1cd55a4303a6e7141df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Avik Datta <avik.datta@imperial.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2025 19:54:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] added git tag based release config

---
 .github/workflows/release.yaml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yaml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9e9ccf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Create release and build docker image
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Extract tag name
+        id: tag
+        run: echo "TAG_NAME=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        run: |
+          # Use the actual tag name from the trigger
+          TAG_NAME="${{ steps.tag.outputs.TAG_NAME }}"
+          # checking for existing releases
+          if ! gh release view "$TAG_NAME" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$TAG_NAME" \
+              --title "Release $TAG_NAME" \
+              --generate-notes
+          fi