Set new version by incrementing tags

.github/workflows/set_version.yml

@@ -1,29 +1,33 @@
-name: Set version
-
-on:
-  # Triggers the workflow on push to master branch
-  push:
-    branches: [ master ]
-
-jobs:
-  set_version:
-    name: Set and tag version
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
-    env:
-      VERSION_FILE_NAME: VERSION
-    steps:
-    - name: Checkout
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-    - name: Set version
-      id: set_version
-      run: |
-        version=$(cat ${{ env.VERSION_FILE_NAME }} | tr -d '\r').$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER
-        echo "VERSION=$version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-    - name: Tag new version
-      run: git tag v${{ env.VERSION }}
-
-    - name: Push tags
-      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
-      with:
-        tags: true
+name: Set version
+
+on:
+  # Triggers the workflow on push to master branch
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  set_version:
+    name: Set and tag version
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Set version
+      id: set_version
+      run: |
+        LATEST_TAG=`git describe --tags | cut -d'-' -f1`
+        MAJOR=`echo $LATEST_TAG | cut -d'.' -f1`
+        MINOR=`echo $LATEST_TAG | cut -d'.' -f2`
+        PATCH=`echo $LATEST_TAG | cut -d'.' -f3`
+        INCREMENTED=$((PATCH+1))
+        echo "VERSION=$MAJOR.$MINOR.$INCREMENTED" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+    - name: Tag new version
+      run: git tag ${{ env.VERSION }}
+
+    - name: Push tags
+      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+      with:
+        tags: true