update-tag.yaml

name: Update latest tag

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
    paths:
      - '**.go'
      - 'go.**'
      - .github/workflows/update-tag.yaml

permissions:
  contents: write

# We delete and re-create the tag to ensure that there's actually a push to
# trigger the publication action, rather than using the updateRef function.
# The deletion itself no-ops if it's not already there.

jobs:
  update:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Create latest
        uses: actions/github-script@v7
        with:
          script: |
            github.rest.git.deleteRef({
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              repo: context.repo.repo,
              ref: 'tags/latest',
              sha: context.sha
            }).catch(err => {
              github.rest.git.createRef({
                owner: context.repo.owner,
                repo: context.repo.repo,
                ref: 'refs/tags/latest',
                sha: context.sha
              });
            })