How to release a build artifact asset on GitHub with a script?

Question

I am trying to figure out a one-command process for generating a build on GitHub.

What I anticipate doing is running some sort of command- make release, say, and the

Answer 1

For those using gradle, the plugin gradle-github-plugin also allows to create releases and attach files to them.

1. Add the plugin to the gradle.build:

plugins {
  id "co.riiid.gradle" version "X.Y.Z"
}

2. Configure the upload. Example:

github {
    owner = 'riiid'
    repo = 'gradle-github-plugin'
    token = 'XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX'
    tagName = '0.1.0'
    targetCommitish = 'master'
    name = 'v0.1.0'
    body = """# Project Name
Write `release note` here.
"""
    assets = [
            'app/build/outputs/apk/app-release.apk',
            'app/build/outputs/mapping/release/mapping.txt',
            'app/build/outputs',
            ...
    ]
}