CI: Enable automatic GitHub Releases on tag push

Author: priyanahata

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -4,15 +4,18 @@ on:
   # Trigger on push to main (usually for Snapshots)
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
   # Trigger when a Release is published in GitHub UI
   release:
     types: [ published ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       packages: write
 
     steps:
@@ -39,10 +42,21 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
         run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "release" ]]; then
-            # For releases: Sign artifacts and use the central portal
-            mvn deploy -DskipTests -P release -ntp
+          if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/v* ]] || [[ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "release" ]]; then
+            # For releases/tags: Sign artifacts and use the central portal
+            mvn deploy -DskipTests -P release,uberjar -ntp
           else
-            # For snapshots: Force deployment to the Sonatype snapshot repo with the release profile for sources/javadocs
+            # For snapshots: Force deployment to the Sonatype snapshot repo
             mvn deploy -DskipTests -P release -ntp -DaltSnapshotDeploymentRepository=sonatype-central::default::https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/
           fi
+
+      - name: Create/Update GitHub Release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: |
+            target/gemini-java-client-uber-*.jar
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}