added releases action

Author: stevensJourney

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This triggers whenever a tagged release is pushed
+name: Compile Assets and Create Draft Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Trigger on tags beginning with 'v'
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # Needed to create releases
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Need to fetch the tags
+
+      - uses: dart-lang/setup-dart@v1
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: dart pub get
+
+      - name: Compile WebWorker
+        run: dart compile js -o assets/db_worker.js -O0 lib/src/web/worker/worker.dart
+
+      - name: Set tag name
+        id: tag
+        run: |
+          tag=$(basename "${{ github.ref }}")
+          echo "tag=$tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          tag="${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}"
+          body="Release $tag"
+          gh release create --draft "$tag" --title "$tag" --notes "$body"
+
+      - name: Upload Worker
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          gh release upload "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag  }}" assets/db_worker.js

DEVELOPING.md

@@ -7,3 +7,7 @@ Running tests for the `web` platform requires some preparation to be executed. T
 See the [test action](./.github/workflows/test.yaml) for the latest steps.
 
 On your local machine run the commands from the `Install SQLite`, `Compile WebWorker` and `Run Tests` steps.
+
+## Releases
+
+Web worker files are compiled and uploaded to draft Github releases whenever tags matching `v*` are pushed. These tags are created when versioning. Releases should be manually finalized and published when releasing new package versions.