Miraddo/create-release

GitHub Action to create a release from a specified branch

Create Release for Github Actions

Create a release from a specified branch

Inputs

release_branch

Branch to tag. Default master.

name

The title of the release. Default release: version ${TAG}.

message

The message of the release. Default generate conventional changelog.

draft

Is a draft ?. Default false.

prerelease

Is a pre-release ?. Default false.

create_release

Create a new release ?. Default true.

tag

Tag to use

Output

release

The new release name.

upload_url

The URL for uploading assets to the release, which could be used by GitHub Actions for additional uses, for example the @actions/upload-release-asset GitHub Action

Example usage

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.1.0

      - name: Create Release
        uses: aaiezza/create-release@master
        id: create_release
        with:
          release_branch: releases/0.0.1
          tag: 0.0.1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

     - name: Upload Jar
       uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1.0.2
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       with:
         upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
         asset_path: target/${{ needs.version.outputs.jar-name }}
         asset_name: ${{ needs.version.outputs.release-jar-name }}
         asset_content_type: application/java-archive