GitHub Releases requires a tag

I keep getting this error that my git tag has not been set, tried multiple ways to do that from the command line and from bash inside of the action. Could not get promising results hence this issue.

Here is my main.yaml

name: Fast Builds

on: [push]

jobs:
build:

  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  
  steps:
  - uses: actions/checkout@v1
  - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
    with:
      java-version: '12.x'
  - uses: subosito/flutter-action@v1
    with:
      channel: 'stable'      
  - run: flutter doctor
  - run: flutter pub get
  - run: flutter build apk
  - name: Display the path
    run: |
      echo ${PATH}
      git tag 0.0.1
      echo "wow"
    shell: bash
#     -name: Debug Info
#      shell: bash
#      run: |
#         GITHUB_TAG = "0.0.1"
#         git tag ${GITHUB_TAG}
#         echo "Release Tag :   ${GITHUB_TAG}"
  - name: Release To Git
    uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
#       if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
    with: 
      body: "A new release"
      files: build/app/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk
    env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

[windowsair]

In fact, as @softprops said, you need a tag to create a release.

Regarding what @Septias said, it still doesn’t work after adding the tag, I think it may be that the tag is not pushed to github, for more discussion on this see: Push git commits & tags simultaneously

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This issue is basically related to tag_name, and here are a few ways to solve the problem.

1. Set your action to trigger only when it contains a tag
2. Specify a tag explicitly

The following example specifies a tag named “test”:

    - name: Release user files
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
      with:
        tag_name: test
        files: |
          file1
          file2

Specifying a tag for each commit is annoying. As in the example given by @roslovets, you can use version number control for the tag.

Another example is to specify a tag name for each nightly build version:

    - name: Generate release tag
      id: tag
      run: |
        echo "::set-output name=release_tag::UserBuild_$(date +"%Y.%m.%d_%H-%M")"
    - name: Release user firmware
      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        tag_name: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.release_tag }}
        files: |
          file1
          file2

Ahh, you may be wondering why we don’t generate times like 08:11? I would like to remind you that the character : is not legal in the git tag.

[roslovets]

@roslovets If you did, please mention the name here to help others out. Thank you.

I use ncipollo/release-action to create release just after tagging in the same workflow. Example