old_release_workflow.yml

# This action is not really utilized, but I'm keeping it here for posterity

name: Release (this is an outdated GH action)  # Workflow name displayed on GitHub 

on: 
  workflow_dispatch:  # Trigger manually 
   branches: main  # Branch on which the workflow will run 

jobs: 
   new-release: 
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest 

      steps: 
        - uses: actions/checkout@v3  # Checkout our working repository 
        - name: Conventional Changelog Action
          id: changelog
          uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
          with:
            github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
            output-file: "false"

        - name: Create Release  # This action will create the actual release
          uses: actions/create-release@v1
          if: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
          env:
            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
          with:
            tag_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
            release_name: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.tag }}
            body: ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.clean_changelog }}