Enhance publish_release job: export version and add release metadata for automated releases

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ publish_release:
     version=$(minver 2>/dev/null | tail -n1 || true)
     if [ -z "$version" ]; then echo "minver failed to produce a version"; exit 1; fi
     echo "Using version: $version"
+    export VERSION="$version"
     # find the single-file exe from the publish output
     file=$(find imagecatalog/bin -type f -iname '*.exe' -print | head -n1 || true)
     if [ -z "$file" ]; then file=$(find imagecatalog -type f -iname '*.exe' -print | head -n1 || true); fi
@@ -131,13 +132,18 @@ publish_release:
     assetUrl="$CI_SERVER_URL$assetPath"
     echo "Uploaded asset url: $assetUrl"
     basename=$(basename "$file")
-    cat > release.json <<EOF
-    {"name":"$version","tag_name":"$version","ref":"$CI_COMMIT_SHA","description":"Automated release from CI (version $version)","assets":{"links":[{"name":"$basename","url":"$assetUrl"}]}}
-    EOF
-    echo "Creating release for tag: $version"
-    curl --silent --show-error --header "JOB-TOKEN:$CI_JOB_TOKEN" -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data @release.json "$CI_API_V4_URL/projects/$CI_PROJECT_ID/releases"
+    export RELEASE_ASSET_URL="$assetUrl"
+    export ASSET_BASENAME="$basename"
   artifacts:
     expire_in: 1 day
+  release:
+    tag_name: "$VERSION"
+    name: "Release $VERSION"
+    description: "Automated release from CI (version $VERSION)"
+    assets:
+      links:
+        - name: "$ASSET_BASENAME"
+          url: "$RELEASE_ASSET_URL"
 #  only:
 #    - tags