Github workflow for building a go binary based on tags, create a release and upload the binary to it

build.yaml

name: Build

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set extra env variables
        run: |
          echo "tag_name=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "BINARY_NAME=${GITHUB_REPOSITORY##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV

      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
          go-version: '1.14.0'

      - name: Checkout source into GOPATH
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}

      - name: Get dependencies
        env:
          GOPATH: /home/runner/go:${{ github.workspace }}
        run: |
          go get -v -t -d ./...

      - name: Build binary
        env:
          GOPATH: /home/runner/go:${{ github.workspace }}
        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}/src/github.com/${{ github.repository }}
        run: |
          go build -v -o ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${BINARY_NAME} .
          chmod +x ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${BINARY_NAME}

      - name: Zip it up
        run: |
          tar cvzf ${BINARY_NAME}-${GITHUB_REF##*/}.tar.gz ${BINARY_NAME}

      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: release_${{ env.tag_name }}
          release_name: Release ${{ env.tag_name }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false

      - name: Upload Release Asset
        id: upload-release-asset
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
          asset_path: ./${{ env.BINARY_NAME }}-${{ env.tag_name }}.tar.gz
          asset_name: ${{ env.BINARY_NAME }}-${{ env.tag_name }}.tar.gz
          asset_content_type: application/gzip