Add a packaging step to CI/CD

Author: srydell

.github/workflows/ubuntu.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Ubuntu
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ci]') && !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[skip ubuntu]')"
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Configure
+      run: |
+        cmake -S. -Bbuild -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DCPACK_PACKAGE_FILE_NAME=IR
+
+    - name: Build the release tar.xz package
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+      run: cpack -G TXZ --config build/CPackConfig.cmake
+
+    - name: Push release
+      if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        echo "Pushing to the latest tag"
+        gh release create latest --title "Latest release from main" --notes "This release gets updated with each commit to main" || true
+        gh release upload latest IR.tar.xz --clobber
+
+        version="$(cat docs/ReleaseNotes/version)"
+        echo "Making sure the release ${version} is online"
+        test -f docs/ReleaseNotes/${version}.md
+        gh release create "${version}" --title "${version}" --notes-file "docs/ReleaseNotes/${version}.md" || true
+        gh release upload "${version}" IR.tar.xz || true
+

.gitignore

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 # Files
 !.clang-format
 !.gitignore
+!.github
 !CMakeLists.txt
 !COPYRIGHT.md
 !LICENSE.md