I use this action to publish project, compress to Zip and upload to GitHub release

publish.yml

name: "Publish"

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"

env:
  PROJECT_PATH: WpfApp6/WpfApp6.csproj
  ZIP_PATH: WpfApp6/bin/Release/net5.0-windows/win-x86/publish/WpfApp6-Portable.zip
  EXE_PATH: WpfApp6/bin/Release/net5.0-windows/win-x86/publish/WpfApp6.exe
  

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - name: Initialize Actions
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Initialize .Net
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
        with:
          dotnet-version: 5.0.x
      
      - name: Restore Project
        run: dotnet restore ${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }}

      - name: Publish Project
        run: dotnet publish ${{ env.PROJECT_PATH }} -c Release --self-contained -r win-x86 -p:PublishSingleFile=true --no-restore

      - name: Create Zip File
        uses: papeloto/action-zip@v1
        with:
          files: ${{ env.EXE_PATH }}
          dest: ${{ env.ZIP_PATH }}
          
      - name: Initialize Release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        id: create_release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
      
      - name: Create Release    
        uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v2
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          file: ${{ env.ZIP_PATH }}
          release-url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}