Replaced deprecated GitHub release action with a 3rd-party equivalent

Author: gh-andre

.github/workflows/hello-world-2.8.1.yml

@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         VCVARS_ARGS: ${{ matrix.vcvars-args }}
       run: |
-        call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" %VCVARS_ARGS%
+        call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall" %VCVARS_ARGS%
         cl /c /DBUILD_NUMBER=${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }} test.cpp
         link /OUT:cpp.exe /SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE test.obj
         
@@ -170,50 +170,30 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    # create a draft GitHub release
-    - name: Create a draft release
-      id: create_release
-      uses: actions/create-release@v1.1.4
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
-        release_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}
-        draft: true
-
     # download the artifact that was built in the `build` job in this workflow
     - name: Download Debian artifact
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: hello-world-deb
         path: .
 
-    # upload the build artifact as a draft release asset
-    - name: Upload a Debian Release Asset
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v4
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        # use the upload URL from the step that created a release
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} 
-        asset_path: ./hello-world-deb-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.tar.gz
-        asset_name: hello-world-deb-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.tar.gz
-        asset_content_type: application/tar+gzip
-
       # same steps would be used for the x86 platform (not done in this script)
     - name: Download Windows x64 artifact
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: hello-world-win-x64
         path: .
 
-    - name: Upload a Windows Release Asset
-      uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v4
-      env:
-        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      with:
-        # use the upload URL from the step that created a release
-        upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} 
-        asset_path: ./hello-world-win-x64-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.zip
-        asset_name: hello-world-win-x64-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.zip
         asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+    - name: Create a draft release and upload artifacts
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+      with:
+        token : ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        tag_name: ver-${{ env.VERSION }}
+        target_commitish: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        name: cpp ${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}
+        files: |
+          ./hello-world-deb-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.tar.gz
+          ./hello-world-win-x64-${{ env.VERSION }}+${{ env.BUILD_NUMBER }}.zip
+        draft: true