From fa7f0c1e68acb33aed2def70b4fa45fc6f63a5fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Lewis Chambers <lewcha@ceh.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 13:56:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Testing release tagging

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .gitignore                    |  7 ++-----
 2 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..deda14b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Create release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release pushed tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install .
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          tag=$(python -c "import iotdevicesimulator; print(iotdevicesimulator.__version__)")
+          echo $tag
+          gh release create "$tag" \
+              --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+              --title="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/} ${tag#v}" \
+              --generate-notes
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index e0d7f21..9fc6848 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-.python/*
-.pytest/*
-.vscode/*
 .*/*
 **/__pycache__/*
 *.docx
@@ -12,6 +9,6 @@ config.cfg
 aws-auth
 *.log
 *.certs
-
+!.github/*
 docs/source/*
-docs/_*
\ No newline at end of file
+docs/_*