add release job

Author: Salipa-Gurung

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
-name: unit-tests
+name: tests-and-release
 
 on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+env:
+  GO_VERSION: "1.22"
 
 jobs:
   unit-test:
@@ -17,7 +25,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: set up go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
-          go-version: "1.22"
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION}}
 
       - name: unit tests
         run: go test ./...
+
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: unit-test
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: set up go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: ${{ env.GO_VERSION}}
+
+      - name: create release
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@master
+        with:
+          version: latest
+          args: release --clean
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}