use gh cli with proper repo permissions #3

	name: Create Release

	# Trigger when a new tag matching the pattern is created and pushed
	on:
	push:
	tags:
	- 'v..*'

	jobs:
	create-release:
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	permissions:
	contents: write

	steps:
	- name: Checkout code
	uses: actions/checkout@v4
	with:
	fetch-depth: 0
	token: ${{ github.token }}

	- name: Extract version from tag
	id: version
	run: \|
	TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
	VERSION=${TAG#v}
	echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	echo "Extracted version: $VERSION from tag: $TAG"

	- name: Get tag message
	id: tag_message
	run: \|
	TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
	TAG_MESSAGE=$(git tag -l --format='%(contents)' "$TAG" 2>/dev/null \|\| echo "")
	if [ -z "$TAG_MESSAGE" ]; then
	TAG_MESSAGE="Release $TAG"
	fi
	echo "message<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	echo "$TAG_MESSAGE" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
	echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT

	- name: Create GitHub Release
	run: \|
	TAG="${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
	BODY="${{ steps.tag_message.outputs.message }}"
	REPO="${{ github.repository }}"

	# Check if release already exists
	if gh release view "$TAG" --repo "$REPO" &>/dev/null; then
	echo "Release $TAG already exists, skipping creation"
	exit 0
	fi

	# Create release using GitHub CLI
	echo "$BODY" \| gh release create "$TAG" \
	--repo "$REPO" \
	--title "Release $TAG" \
	--notes-file -

	echo "✓ Release $TAG created successfully"
	env:
	GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_PAT \|\| secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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