cd: Turn on auto-tagging

Author: seandstewart

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ jobs:
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
         runner: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    # In order to make a commit, we need to initialize a user.
+    - name: Initialize mandatory git config
+      run: |
+        git config user.name "GitHub actions"
+        git config user.email noreply@github.com
     - name: Tag New Version
-      run: make release-version
-    - name: Push New Version
-      run: git push --follow-tags origin ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      run: make release-version ref=${{ github.ref_name }}

Makefile

@@ -50,11 +50,13 @@ test: ## Run this app's tests with a test db. Target a specific path `target=pat
 TEST_ARGS ?= --cov --cov-config=.coveragerc --cov-report=xml --cov-report=term --junit-xml=junit.xml
 
 rule ?= patch
+ref ?= main
 
 
 release-version:  ## Bump the version for this package.
 	$(eval message := "Release $(next_version)")
-	#git tag -a $(next_version) -m $(message)
+	@git tag -a $(next_version) -m $(message)
+	@git push --follow-tags origin $(ref)
 .PHONY: release-version