Adding automated releases

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+name: "Release"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: "Release"
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+
+      - name: Generate ~/.m2/settings.xml
+        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v14
+        with:
+          servers: '[{ "id": "github", "username": "${{ github.actor }}", "password": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" }]'
+
+      - name: Publish Release
+        run: mvn package github-release-plugin:gh-upload

README.md

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 # WHIMC-PositionTracker
+[![GitHub release (latest by date)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/whimc/Position-Tracker?label=download&logo=github)](https://github.com/whimc/Position-Tracker/releases/latest)
+
 Track player positions to a database
 
 ## Building

pom.xml

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 		<maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
 
+	<!-- Import github release plugin -->
+	<pluginRepositories>
+		<pluginRepository>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+			<id>bintray-cy6ergn0m-maven</id>
+			<name>bintray-plugins</name>
+			<url>http://dl.bintray.com/cy6ergn0m/maven</url>
+		</pluginRepository>
+	</pluginRepositories>
+
+	<!-- Repo for plugin -->
+	<scm>
+		<connection>scm:git:git@github.com:whimc/Position-Tracker.git</connection>
+		<tag>HEAD</tag>
+	</scm>
+
 	<build>
+		<!-- Allow pom.xml value substitution in plugin.yml -->
 		<resources>
 			<resource>
-				<directory>src/main/resources</directory> <!-- (your resources folder location) -->
+				<directory>src/main/resources</directory>
 				<filtering>true</filtering>
 			</resource>
 		</resources>
+
+		<!-- Github release settings -->
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>cy.github</groupId>
+				<artifactId>github-release-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>0.5.1</version>
+
+				<configuration>
+					<releaseTitle>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</releaseTitle>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>