release: refactor

Signed-off-by: William Woodruff <[email protected]>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,17 +9,13 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: publish release on github
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - name: create release
-      id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1
-      env:
-        # NOTE(ww): GitHub actions doesn't allow workflows to trigger other workflows
-        # by default. The workaround is to use a PAT instead of the default GITHUB_TOKEN.
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
       with:
-        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-        release_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-        draft: false
         prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'pre') || contains(github.ref, 'rc') }}