setup-release-action

A reusable action to set up release inputs for GitHub Actions. This action is tailored to the @LizardByte organization, but can be used by anyone if they follow the same conventions.

The action does the following:

• Get the latest push event to the default branch
• Provide some outputs to use for the release step

Simple Usage

- name: Setup Release
  id: setup_release
  uses: LizardByte/setup-release-action@master
  with:
    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Advanced Usage

- name: Setup Release
  id: setup_release
  uses: LizardByte/setup-release-action@master
  with:
    fail_on_events_api_error: true
    github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Inputs

Name	Description	Default	Required
dotnet	Whether to create a dotnet version (4 components, e.g. yyyy.mmdd.hhmm.ss).	false	false
event_api_max_attempts	Maximum number of attempts for the GitHub Events API.	10	false
fail_on_events_api_error	Whether to fail if the GitHub Events API returns an error. Will only fail for push events.	true	false
github_token	GitHub token to use for API requests.		true
include_tag_prefix_in_output	Whether to include the tag prefix in the output.	true	false
tag_prefix	The tag prefix. This will be used when searching for existing releases in GitHub API.	v	false

Outputs

Name	Description
publish_release	Whether or not to publish a release
release_commit	The commit hash for the release
release_tag	The tag for the release (i.e. release_version with prefix)
release_version	The version for the release (i.e. yyyy.mmdd.hhmmss)