Add workflow for floating the v1 tag to the latest release

.github/workflows/release-bump-version.yml

@@ -80,4 +80,4 @@ jobs:
           echo "    > https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tag/untagged-XXXXXX" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "    # Use the generated URL to review/edit the release notes." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
           echo "\`\`\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
-          echo "Once the release is tagged, move the floating \`v1\` tag to point at this release." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Once the release is tagged, another GitHub Action workflow automatically moves the floating \`v1\` tag to point at this release." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

.github/workflows/release-move-tracking-tag.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Release - Move Tracking Tag
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  Move-Tracking-Tag-To-Latest-Release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # We have a choice - defensiveness vs convenience:
+    # 1. Be defensive by filtering if the release doesn't look like a normal
+    #    version, or if it's a patch release to an older version... the logic
+    #    gets tricky quickly. Easiest way to be 100% sure is stop running this
+    #    on `release` and instead require a human to manually run this workflow
+    #    after they tag a release.
+    # 2. Minimize the upfront hassle by assuming every release is a normal
+    #    version release and the latest one. Today both are resoundingly true
+    #    as this repo isn't that active/busy, so we don't worry about
+    #    multiple release branches, pre-releases, etc.
+    #
+    # For now I've gone with option 2, as it is much more convenient and if we
+    # typo something during a release it's easy to fix by immediately tagging a
+    # correct release. And if we don't notice the typo, well, in that case
+    # requiring a human to manually run the workflow wouldn't have protected us
+    # either, we'd have had to filter by only things that look like versions.
+    # Anyway, for now this is good enough, and if it gets to be a problem down
+    # the road we increase the robustness of this.
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.DEPENDABOT_AUTOMATION_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Move the tracking tag
+        run: git tag -f v1
+
+      - name: Push the new tag value back to the repo
+        run: git push -f origin refs/tags/v1
+
+      - name: Set summary
+        run: |
+          echo ":rocket: Successfully moved the \`v1\` tag to point at release: ${{ github.event.release.name }} with SHA: \`$GITHUB_SHA\`." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

README.md

@@ -200,13 +200,7 @@ jobs:
   1. Run the action to generate a version bump PR.
   2. Merge the PR.
   3. Tag that merge commit as a new release using the format `v1.2.3`. The job summary contains a URL pre-populated with the correct version for the title and tag.
-  4. Update the `v1` tracking tag to point to the new version
-      ```bash
-      git fetch --all --tags
-      git checkout v1.x.x # Check out the release tag
-      git tag -f v1 # Force update the tracking tag
-      git push -f --tags
-      ```
+  4. Once the release is tagged, another GitHub Action workflow automatically moves the `v1` tracking tag to point to the new version.
 
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