release.yml

name: Create Release Zip

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  release-project:
    name: Release Project
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Get latest created release info
        id: latest_release_info
        uses: jossef/action-latest-release-info@v1.1.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - uses: actions/checkout@master
      - name: Zip Project
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@main
        with:
          type: zip
          filename: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}.zip
          directory: ../
          exclusions: '*.git* *.md *.yml /*docs/*'
          # exclusions e.g: '*.git* /*node_*/* *.json *.lock *.md'

      - name: Upload Archive Release Asset
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.latest_release_info.outputs.upload_url }}
          asset_path: ../${{ github.event.repository.name }}.zip
          asset_name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}.zip
          asset_content_type: application/zip