From d39fd0eb3faf3326a078f902156661f104629ad8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: swissky <30409887+swissky@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jul 2026 00:18:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Add CI workflow that builds an installable plugin zip on tag
 push

Fixes #6: the GitHub "Download ZIP" of the repo nests the plugin under
wp-emdash-main/plugins/, which WordPress' Upload Plugin rejects. This
workflow builds emdash-exporter.zip with the plugin folder at the archive
root, attaches it to a release on every v* tag, runs a PHP syntax check
first, and uploads the zip as an artifact on pull requests for testing.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/release.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91a3a1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Release plugin zip
+
+# Builds an installable emdash-exporter.zip (plugin folder at the archive
+# root, so WordPress' "Upload Plugin" accepts it) on every tag push, and as
+# a downloadable artifact on pull requests for testing.
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+  pull_request:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: PHP syntax check
+        run: |
+          find plugins/emdash-exporter -name '*.php' -print0 | xargs -0 -n1 php -l
+
+      - name: Build zip
+        run: |
+          cd plugins
+          zip -r ../emdash-exporter.zip emdash-exporter
+
+      - name: Upload artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: emdash-exporter
+          path: emdash-exporter.zip
+
+      - name: Create release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: emdash-exporter.zip
+          generate_release_notes: true