Implemented automatic uploading to PyPI

Closes #388

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build distribution 📦
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.x"
+    - name: Install pypa/build
+      run: >-
+        python3 -m
+        pip install
+        build
+        --user
+    - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+      run: python3 -m build
+    - name: Store the distribution packages
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+  publish-to-pypi:
+    name: >-
+      Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to PyPI on tag pushes
+    needs:
+    - build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/sphinx-autoapi
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for trusted publishing
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Publish distribution 📦 to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+
+  github-release:
+    name: >-
+      Sign the Python 🐍 distribution 📦 with Sigstore
+      and upload them to GitHub Release
+    needs:
+    - publish-to-pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download all the dists
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+    - name: Sign the dists with Sigstore
+      uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v1.2.3
+      with:
+        inputs: >-
+          ./dist/*.tar.gz
+          ./dist/*.whl
+    - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+      # Upload to GitHub Release using the `gh` CLI.
+      # `dist/` contains the built packages, and the
+      # sigstore-produced signatures and certificates.
+      run: >-
+        gh release upload
+        '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
+        --repo '${{ github.repository }}'

docs/changes/388.misc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Implemented automatic uploading to PyPI

docs/maintenance/release-process.rst

@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ Preparation
 Release
 -------
 
-.. code-block:: bash
-
-    git clean -idx
-    tox -e release
-    git tag vX.X.X
-    git push --tags
+Create a new release in github that tags the commit
+and uses the built release notes as the description.
+The tag created by the release will trigger the github actions to
+build and upload the package to PyPI.

tox.ini

@@ -61,13 +61,3 @@ deps =
     importlib-resources<6  # pinned due to https://github.com/twisted/towncrier/issues/528
 commands =
     towncrier {posargs:check}
-
-[testenv:release]
-skip_install = true
-deps =
-    build
-    twine
-commands =
-    python -c "import shutil, os; os.path.isdir('dist') and shutil.rmtree('dist')"
-    python -m build
-    twine upload dist/*