use gh release instead

.github/workflows/create-tag.yml

@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+    paths:
+      - package.json
 
 permissions:
-  contents: write
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   tag:
@@ -18,14 +20,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # also fetch tags
-      - uses: elastic/apm-pipeline-library/.github/actions/setup-git@current
-        with:
-          # This should help with running GitHub events
-          token: ${{ secrets.CREATE_TAG_TOKEN }}
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20'
-          cache: 'npm'
 
-      - run: make create-tag
+      - run: make create-release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CREATE_TAG_TOKEN }}

Makefile

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ PORT ?= 3000
 IMAGE ?= opbeans/opbeans-node
 VERSION ?= latest
 LTS_ALPINE ?= 20-alpine
-AGENT_VERSION=v$(shell npm ls --package-lock-only elastic-apm-node --json  | jq -r '.dependencies."elastic-apm-node".version')
+AGENT_VERSION=$(shell npm ls --package-lock-only elastic-apm-node --json  | jq -r '.dependencies."elastic-apm-node".version')
 
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := help
 
@@ -36,11 +36,10 @@ clean: ## Clean autogenerated files/folders
 	@rm -rf bats
 	@rm -rf target
 
-create-tag: ## Create git tag given the APM Agent version
-	@if [ -z "$(shell git tag -l "$(AGENT_VERSION)")" ]; then \
-		echo "creating tag $(AGENT_VERSION)"; \
-		git tag $(AGENT_VERSION); \
-		git push origin "refs/tags/$(AGENT_VERSION)"; \
+create-release: ## Create github release given the APM Agent version if no tag release
+	@if [ -z "$(shell git tag -l v$(AGENT_VERSION))" ]; then \
+		echo "creating tag v$(AGENT_VERSION)"; \
+		gh release create "v$(AGENT_VERSION)" --title="$(AGENT_VERSION)" --generate-notes; \
 	else \
 		echo "git tag $(AGENT_VERSION) already exists"; \
 	fi