ci: add release step

Author: mohasarc

.github/workflows/build-git.yml

@@ -4,14 +4,20 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+
+# 1. ADDED: Permissions to allow creating releases
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      # 1) Check out your repo (this will use the default git first, which is fine)
+      # 1) Check out your repo
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # 2) Install build dependencies needed for Git
+
+      # 2) Install build dependencies
       - name: Install build dependencies for Git
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
@@ -26,26 +32,55 @@ jobs:
             libexpat1-dev \
             tar \
             wget
+
       # 3) Download Git 2.50.1 source tarball
       - name: Download Git 2.50.1
         run: |
           wget https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.50.1.tar.gz
           tar -xzf git-2.50.1.tar.gz
+
       # 4) Build and install Git 2.50.1 into /usr/local
       - name: Build and install Git 2.50.1
         run: |
           cd git-2.50.1
           make prefix=/usr/local all
           sudo make prefix=/usr/local install
+
       # 5) Make sure /usr/local/bin is preferred and show version
-      - name: Use Git 2.50.1 as default
-        shell: bash
+      - name: Verify Installation
         run: |
-          echo “Using git at: $(command -v git)”
+          export PATH=/usr/local/bin:$PATH
           git --version
-      # 6) Your actual build / test step(s) go here
-      - name: Run build
+
+      # --- NEW STEPS BELOW ---
+
+      # 6) Package the build into a tarball for release
+      - name: Package Artifacts
         run: |
-          # Example commands; replace with your real build
-          git --version
-          echo “Do your build here (npm/yarn/maven/whatever)”
+          cd git-2.50.1
+          # Install to a temporary staging folder (DESTDIR) so we can zip just the new files
+          mkdir -p ../git-release-build
+          make prefix=/usr/local DESTDIR=$(pwd)/../git-release-build install
+          
+          # Create the tarball
+          cd ../git-release-build
+          tar -czvf ../git-2.50.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz .
+
+      # 7) Push to GitHub Releases
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') # Only release if a tag is pushed
+        with:
+          files: git-2.50.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz
+
+      # Optional: If you want a "Nightly" release on every push to main (since you trigger on main)
+      - name: Update Nightly Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        with:
+          tag_name: nightly-build
+          name: Nightly Build (Git 2.50.1)
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: true
+          overwrite: true
+          files: git-2.50.1-linux-amd64.tar.gz