release.yml

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags: 
      - "v*"

jobs:
  build:
    name: Create and upload release asset
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Install Node.js
      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
      with:
        node-version: 14.x
    - run: npm install
    - name: Run create package
      run: npm run createpkg
    - name: Create Release
      id: create_release
      uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
      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: Release ${{ github.ref }}
        draft: false
        prerelease: true
    - name: Upload Release Asset
      id: upload-release-asset 
      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
      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: ./vscode-ni-python-dataplugins.vsix
        asset_name: vscode-ni-python-dataplugins.vsix
        asset_content_type: application/zip