updated github release pipeline

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Deduplicator Build & Release
+name: Deduplicator Build & Release CI Pipeline
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
           tar -C release -czf ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.tar.gz $BINARY_NAME
 
       - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}-binary
           path: ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.tar.gz
@@ -75,28 +75,22 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
       - name: Download all artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: artifacts
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
         id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body: "Automated release for version ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          files: |
+            artifacts/*/*.tar.gz
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
-      - name: Upload Release Assets
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: artifacts/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}-binary/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: ${{ matrix.artifact_name }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip

README.md

@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ dust 'bench_artifacts'
 - [x] updated dependencies
 - [x] fix: full file hash collision between a file full of null bytes ("\0") and an empty file. This is a known trade off in gxhash.
     - [x] appending the file size at the end of content before hashing.
+- [x] created an automated release pipeline
 
 ## v0.3.0
 - [x] parallelization