add GitHub release step to deploy pipeline. closes #11313

deploy/7-new-github-release__NOT_ACTIVE_USE_MANUAL_WAY.ps1

@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-#THIS IS NOT BEING USED CURRENTLY. RELEASE GITHUB MANUALLY
-
-# Import the module dynamically from the PowerShell Gallery. Use CurrentUser scope to avoid having to run as admin.
-Import-Module -Name new-github-release-function.psm1
-
-# Specify the parameters required to create the release. Do it as a hash table for easier readability.
-$newGitHubReleaseParameters =
-@{
-    GitHubUsername = 'abpframework'
-    GitHubRepositoryName = 'abp'
-    GitHubAccessToken = '*******************'
-    ReleaseName = "5.0.0-rc.2"
-    TagName = "5.0.0-rc.2"
-    ReleaseNotes = "N/A"
-    #AssetFilePaths = @('C:\MyProject\Installer.exe','C:\MyProject\Documentation.md')
-    IsPreRelease = $true
-    IsDraft = $true	# Set to true when testing so we don't publish a real release (visible to everyone) by accident.
-}
-
-# Try to create the Release on GitHub and save the results.
-$result = New-GitHubRelease @newGitHubReleaseParameters
-
-# Provide some feedback to the user based on the results.
-if ($result.Succeeded -eq $true)
-{
-    Write-Output "Release published successfully! View it at $($result.ReleaseUrl)"
-}
-elseif ($result.ReleaseCreationSucceeded -eq $false)
-{
-    Write-Error "The release was not created. Error message is: $($result.ErrorMessage)"
-}
-elseif ($result.AllAssetUploadsSucceeded -eq $false)
-{
-    Write-Error "The release was created, but not all of the assets were uploaded to it. View it at $($result.ReleaseUrl). Error message is: $($result.ErrorMessage)"
-}

deploy/7-publish-github-release.ps1

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+param(
+  [string]$branchName,
+  [string]$version,
+  [string]$isRcVersion,
+  [string]$isDraft,
+  [string]$gitHubApiKey
+) 
+
+. ..\nupkg\common.ps1
+
+Write-Info "Publishing GitHub Release..." ##  Further info see https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/releases
+
+if ($isRcVersion -eq "")
+{
+	$isRcVersion = Read-Host "Is this a RC/Preview version? (y/n)"	
+}
+
+if ($gitHubApiKey -eq "")
+{
+	$gitHubApiKey = Read-File "github-api-key.txt"
+	echo "GitHub API Key assigned from github-api-key.txt"
+}
+
+if(!$gitHubApiKey)
+{
+	$gitHubApiKey = Read-Host "Enter the GitHub API Key"
+}
+
+if ($version -eq "")
+{
+	$version = Get-Current-Version # The version number for this release
+}
+
+if ($branchName -eq "")
+{
+	$branchName = Get-Current-Branch # The branch name also the tag name
+}
+
+if ($isDraft -eq "")
+{
+	$draft = $FALSE
+}
+else
+{
+	$draft =  [boolean]::Parse($isDraft)
+}
+
+##############################################################################
+$preRelease = ( ($isRcVersion -eq "true") -or ($isRcVersion -eq "y") -or ($isRcVersion -eq "rc") ) # Set to true to mark this as a pre-release version
+$gitHubUsername = 'abpframework' # The github username
+$gitHubRepository = 'abp' # The github repository name
+$releaseNotes = '' # The notes to accompany this release, uses the commit message in this case 
+##############################################################################
+
+echo "Current version: $version"
+echo "Current branch: $branchName"
+echo "Preview version: $preRelease"
+echo "Draft: $draft"
+
+##############################################################################
+
+$releaseData = @{
+   tag_name = $version;
+   target_commitish = $branchName; 
+   name = $version;
+   body = $releaseNotes;
+   draft = $draft;
+   prerelease = $preRelease;
+ }
+
+$releaseParams = @{
+   Uri = "https://api.github.com/repos/$gitHubUsername/$gitHubRepository/releases";
+   Method = 'POST';
+   Headers = @{
+     Authorization = 'Basic ' + [Convert]::ToBase64String(
+     [Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes($gitHubApiKey + ":x-oauth-basic"));
+   }
+   ContentType = 'application/json';
+   Body = (ConvertTo-Json $releaseData -Compress)
+ }
+
+$response = Invoke-RestMethod @releaseParams 
+
+echo  "---------------------------------------------"
+echo "$version has been successfully released."
+

deploy/_run_all.ps1

@@ -1,7 +1,43 @@
-./1-fetch-and-build.ps1
+param(
+  [string]$branch,
+  [string]$newVersion,
+  [string]$isRcVersion
+) 
+
+. ..\nupkg\common.ps1
+
+if (!$branch)
+{
+	$branch = Read-Host "Enter the branch name"
+} 
+
+if (!$newVersion)
+{
+	$currentVersion = Get-Current-Version
+	$newVersion = Read-Host "Current version is '$currentVersion'. Enter the new version (empty for no change) "
+	if($newVersion -eq "")
+	{
+		$newVersion = $currentVersion
+	}
+} 
+	 
+if ($isRcVersion -eq "")
+{
+	$isRcVersion = Read-Host "Is this a RC/Preview version? (y/n)"	
+}
+
+$publishGithubReleaseParams = @{
+    branchName=$branch 
+	isRcVersion=$isRcVersion 
+}
+  
+
+./1-fetch-and-build.ps1 $branch $newVersion
 ./2-nuget-pack.ps1
 ./3-nuget-push.ps1
 ./4-npm-publish-mvc.ps1
 ./5-npm-publish-angular.ps1
 ./6-git-commit.ps1
-echo "Create a new release on GitHub manually and run the step 8..."
+./7-publish-github-release.ps1 @publishGithubReleaseParams
+./8-download-release-zip.ps1
+

nupkg/common.ps1

@@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ function Seperator
 	Write-Host ("_" * 100)  -ForegroundColor gray 
 }
 
+
+function Read-File {
+	param(
+        [Parameter(Mandatory = $true)]
+        [string]
+        $filePath
+    )
+		
+	$pathExists = Test-Path -Path $filePath -PathType Leaf
+	if ($pathExists)
+	{
+		return Get-Content $filePath		
+	}
+	else{
+		Write-Error  "$filePath path does not exist!"
+	}
+}
+
 # List of solutions
 $solutions = (
     "framework",