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Release Tag Dispatch Workflow

When creating a new tag using the repository's default GITHUB_TOKEN to perform tasks on behalf of the GitHub Actions, events triggered by the GITHUB_TOKEN will not create a new workflow run. To address this behavior, we need to set up an SSH Key when fetching the repository in the pipeline.

  1. Generate a new OpenSSH Key:

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    ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f id_ed25519 -N "" -q -C ""

    This command will generate a private key id_ed25519 and a corresponding public key id_ed25519.pub in the working directory.

  2. Add the private key to GitHub's Secrets, naming it SSH_KEY in the repository.

  3. Add the public key to GitHub's Deploy keys, also naming it SSH_KEY in the repository.
  4. In the GitHub Actions, specify the ssh-key option:
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jobs:
  tag-changelog:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    steps:
    - uses: hmarr/debug-action@v2
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        ssh-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
        fetch-depth: 0