release.yml

name: Recreate latest release

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  recreate-latest-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@master

      - name: Delete latest tag and release
        uses: dev-drprasad/delete-tag-and-release@v1.0 # PRERELEASE is v1.0 and can also be used to test and give us feedback
        with:
          tag_name: latest
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # (required) a GitHub token with write access to the repo that needs to be modified
#          delete_release: true #(optional) default: true
#          repo: <owner>/<repoName> #(optional) target repository. default: repo running this action

      - name: Create latest tag and release
        id: create_release
        uses: avakar/tag-and-release@v1
        with:
          tag_name: latest
          release_name: latest
          body: "Always up to date version"
#          draft: false # does not work
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Publish release
        uses: eregon/publish-release@v1
        with:
          release_id: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.id }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}