tagRelease.yml

# This is a basic workflow that is manually triggered to create a tag release in the repo in which it is present.
# It can be manually triggered by those with permissions, or triggered from the main action which can trigger tag releases for all repos at once.

name: tagRelease

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    # Inputs the workflow accepts.
    inputs:
      tag:
        # Friendly description to be shown in the UI instead of 'tag'
        description: 'Tag to be created along with release'
        # Input has to be provided for the workflow to run
        required: true
      git_ref: 
        description: 'Git reference to create tag from, can be a commit hash or branch'
        required: true

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  createRelease:
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
      name: Create Release
      steps:
        - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1 #This action will create the release with the params specified.
          with:
           tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag }}
           target_commitish: ${{ inputs.git_ref }}