update release workflow

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+    authors:
+      - dependabot
+  categories:
+    - title: Bug Fixes
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: Enhancements
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"

.github/workflows/build_docs.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,9 @@
        - run: conda config --show-sources
        - run: conda config --show
        - run: pip install -e . --no-deps --force-reinstall
-       - run: cd docs; make html
+       - run: |
+           cd docs
+           make html       
        - name: Commit documentation changes
          run: |
            git clone https://github.com/ammaraskar/sphinx-action-test.git --branch gh-pages --single-branch gh-pages

.github/workflows/upload_package.yml

@@ -1,53 +1,50 @@
-
-name: Release Package
+name: Release & Publish
 
 on:
   push:
     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
     tags:
-      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+      - "v*" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Manual Release
+        default: test
+        required: false
+
 
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: Create release & publish to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
-        python -m build
-        twine check --strict dist/*
-    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
-      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-      with:
-        password: ${{ secrets.pypi_password }}
-    - name: Create Release
-      id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
-      with:
-        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-        release_name: Version ${{ github.ref }}
-        draft: false
-        prerelease: false
-    - name: Get Asset name
-      run: |
-        export PKG=$(ls dist/)
-        set -- $PKG
-        echo "name=$1" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Upload Release Asset
-      id: upload-release-asset
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
-        asset_path: dist/${{ env.name }}
-        asset_name: ${{ env.name }}
-        asset_content_type: application/zip
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install --upgrade build twine
+          python -m build
+          twine check --strict dist/*
+
+      - name: Create Release Notes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v6
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            await github.request(`POST /repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases`, {
+              tag_name: "${{ github.ref }}",
+              generate_release_notes: true
+            });
+
+      - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}