Resolve "Automatically tag and publish on version change"

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -42,22 +42,23 @@ auto-tag:
   variables:
     VERSION_FILE: "lib/jekyll-theme-lcsb-default.rb"
     TARGET_BRANCH: latest
+  only:
+    changes:
+      - "lib/jekyll-theme-lcsb-default.rb"  
   script:
-    # Make sure that it is on latest, otherwise exit
+    # Make sure that it is on latest, otherwise exit. THIS IS A WORKAROUND, AS HAVING BOTH ONLY AND RULES IS NOT POSSIBLE
     - '[[ "${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH:-1}" == "$TARGET_BRANCH" ]] && echo "On correct branch ($CI_COMMIT_BRANCH)" || exit 0'
 
-    # Make sure that the version exists
-    - VERSION=$(cat $VERSION_FILE | grep -o "\d\.\d\.\d")
+    # Make sure that the version exists and is correct, and put it in envvar
+    - cat $VERSION_FILE | grep "VERSION" | tr -d A-z\"\= | tr -d ' '
+    - VERSION=`cat $VERSION_FILE | grep "VERSION" | tr -d A-z\"\= | tr -d ' '`
     - '[[ -z $VERSION ]] && exit -1 || echo "OK, version appears to be correct -> $VERSION"'
 
     # Create the tag
-    - git tag -a $VERSION
+    - git tag -a $VERSION -m $VERSION
 
     # Publish the tag
     - git push origin $VERSION
-  only:
-    changes:
-      - "lib/jekyll-theme-lcsb-default.rb"
 
 # This will push the gem to ruby-gems when the repository has been tagged
 release: