this should work

.forgejo/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Create Release on Push
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - master # or your default branch, e.g., master
+      - master # or your default branch
 
 jobs:
   build_and_release_linux:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+name: Create Release on Push (GitHub)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master # or your default branch, e.g., master
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering of the workflow
+
+jobs:
+  build_linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install build dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential
+
+      - name: Build project for Linux
+        run: make all
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
+
+      - name: Upload Linux artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: agg-linux-amd64
+          path: bin/agg
+
+  build_windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install MinGW/GCC and Make
+        run: |
+          choco install mingw --limit-features
+          choco install make --limit-features
+          # Add MinGW bin directory to PATH for the current session
+          echo "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\lib\mingw\tools\install\mingw64\bin" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding Utf8 -Append
+        shell: powershell
+
+      - name: Build project for Windows
+        run: make all
+        working-directory: ${{ github.workspace }}
+        shell: pwsh # Using PowerShell for more reliable path handling on Windows
+
+      - name: Upload Windows artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: agg-windows-amd64
+          path: bin/agg.exe
+
+  create_release_and_upload_assets:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build_linux, build_windows] # Depends on both build jobs to complete
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # Grant write permissions to the GITHUB_TOKEN for creating releases
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get latest unique tag
+        id: get_tag
+        run: |
+          LATEST_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-v:refname | head -n1 || echo "v0.0.0")
+          echo "Debug: Initial LATEST_TAG: $LATEST_TAG"
+
+          NEW_TAG=""
+          if [[ "$LATEST_TAG" =~ ^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+            MAJOR=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+            MINOR=${BASH_REMATCH[2]}
+            PATCH=${BASH_REMATCH[3]}
+            echo "Debug: Parsed: MAJOR=$MAJOR, MINOR=$MINOR, PATCH=$PATCH"
+            while : ; do
+              PATCH=$((PATCH + 1))
+              CANDIDATE_TAG="v$MAJOR.$MINOR.$PATCH"
+              echo "Debug: Trying CANDIDATE_TAG: $CANDIDATE_TAG"
+              if ! git rev-parse "$CANDIDATE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+                NEW_TAG=$CANDIDATE_TAG
+                echo "Debug: Found NEW_TAG: $NEW_TAG (unused)"
+                break
+              fi
+            done
+          else
+            NEW_TAG="v0.0.1"
+            echo "Debug: No previous semver tags found. Setting NEW_TAG: $NEW_TAG"
+          fi
+          echo "Debug: Final LATEST_TAG for ENV: $LATEST_TAG"
+          echo "Debug: Final NEW_TAG for ENV: $NEW_TAG"
+          echo "LATEST_TAG=$LATEST_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NEW_TAG=$NEW_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: bash
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Use the default GITHUB_TOKEN
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.NEW_TAG }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ env.NEW_TAG }}
+          body: |
+            Automated release created on push.
+            Commit: ${{ github.sha }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Download Linux artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: agg-linux-amd64
+          path: ./artifacts/linux/
+
+      - name: Download Windows artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: agg-windows-amd64
+          path: ./artifacts/windows/
+
+      - name: Upload Linux Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./artifacts/linux/agg
+          asset_name: agg-${{ env.NEW_TAG }}-linux-amd64
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream
+
+      - name: Upload Windows Release Asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./artifacts/windows/agg.exe
+          asset_name: agg-${{ env.NEW_TAG }}-windows-amd64.exe
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream