cardinalby/webext-buildtools-pack-extension-dir-action

Reads manifest and packs WebExtension dir to zip

Pack WebExtension directory to zip

The action reads WebExtension's manifest file and packs directory to zip file. You can use it to upload as release artifact or to provide inputs for further build steps.

If you are interested in the building the entire deployment workflow for WebExtension, you can read this article.

Based on DirReaderBuilder package.

Inputs

• extensionDir Required Path to WebExtension directory (relative to repository)

• zipFilePath Specify to save result zip file to path (relative to repository).

• zipGlobPattern Include files according to the pattern while packing crx. Default: **

• zipIgnore Patterns of files which will be excluded from the zip, separated by |. Default: *.pem|.git|*.crx

Outputs

• extensionName from extension's manifest
• extensionVersion from extension's manifest
• zipFilePath the absolute path to the result zip file

Example usage

uses: cardinalby/webext-buildtools-pack-extension-dir-action@v1
with:
  extensionDir: 'extension'
  zipFilePath: 'build/extension.zip'