Create release as published

[malesci]

It is possible to create release as published instead of draft?

[ecampidoglio]

Yes.

However, while the GitHub REST API supports creating a release as published (see the github.ts file in ecampidoglio/auto-release-draft), GitReleaseManager takes a different approach:

While it would be possible to automatically publish a set of release notes in a single command, it is envisioned that some manual intervention is required to ensure that all release notes are valid, and any additional information is added to the release, prior to publishing. As a result, a second command is required to actually publish a release.

So, to publish a release, you'd have to extend the entrypoint.sh script to invoke the publish command after the create command:

dotnet gitreleasemanager publish \
--tagName $milestone_name \
--token $repo_token \
--owner $owner \
--repository $repository