Update deprecated GitHub Actions in workflows

Author: git-wright

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
       - name: Prepare tag
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         id: release_output
         if: ${{ steps.prepare_tag.outcome == 'success' }}
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=tag::${{ env.TAG }}"
+          echo "tag=${{ env.TAG }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     outputs:
       tag: ${{ steps.release_output.outputs.tag }}
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: check-release-tag
     if: ${{ needs.check-release-tag.outputs.tag }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Prepare tag
         run: |
           export TAG=v$(awk '/VERSION =/ { gsub("'"\'"'",""); print $3 }' pusher/version.py)
@@ -49,22 +49,22 @@ jobs:
           csplit -s CHANGELOG.md "/##/" {1}
           cat xx01 > CHANGELOG.tmp
       - name: Create Release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2.6.1
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
-          release_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
+          name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           body_path: CHANGELOG.tmp
           draft: false
           prerelease: false
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   upload-to-PyPI:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: create-github-release
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
             python-version: '3.10'
       - name: Build package

.github/workflows/release_pr.yml

@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ jobs:
     name: Prepare release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Get current version
         shell: bash
         run: |
           CURRENT_VERSION=$(awk '/VERSION =/ { gsub("'"\'"'",""); print $3 }' pusher/version.py)
           echo "CURRENT_VERSION=$CURRENT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           repository: pusher/public_actions
           path: .github/actions