github-tag-action

A Github Action to automatically bump and tag master, on merge, with the latest SemVer formatted version.

Medium Post: Creating A Github Action to Tag Commits

Usage

name: Bump version
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
      with:
        fetch-depth: '0'
    - name: Bump version and push tag
      uses: anothrNick/github-tag-action@1.17.2
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        WITH_V: true

NOTE: set the fetch-depth for actions/checkout@master to be sure you retrieve all commits to look for the semver commit message.

Options

Environment Variables

GITHUB_TOKEN (required) - Required for permission to tag the repo.
DEFAULT_BUMP (optional) - Which type of bump to use when none explicitly provided (default: minor).
WITH_V (optional) - Tag version with v character.
RELEASE_BRANCHES (optional) - Comma separated list of branches (bash reg exp accepted) that will generate the release tags. Other branches and pull-requests generate versions postfixed with the commit hash and do not generate any tag. Examples: master or .* or release.*,hotfix.*,master ...
CUSTOM_TAG (optional) - Set a custom tag, useful when generating tag based on f.ex FROM image in a docker image. Setting this tag will invalidate any other settings set!
SOURCE (optional) - Operate on a relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE.
DRY_RUN (optional) - Determine the next version without tagging the branch. The workflow can use the outputs new_tag and tag in subsequent steps. Possible values are true and false (default).

Outputs

new_tag - The value of the newly created tag.
tag - The value of the latest tag after running this action.

Note: This action creates a lightweight tag.

Bumping

Manual Bumping: Any commit message that includes #major, #minor, or #patch will trigger the respective version bump. If two or more are present, the highest-ranking one will take precedence.

Automatic Bumping: If no #major, #minor or #patch tag is contained in the commit messages, it will bump whichever DEFAULT_BUMP is set to (which is minor by default).

Note: This action will not bump the tag if the HEAD commit has already been tagged.

Workflow

Add this action to your repo
Commit some changes
Either push to master or open a PR
On push (or merge) to master, the action will:
- Get latest tag
- Bump tag with minor version unless any commit message contains #major or #patch
- Pushes tag to github

Credits

fsaintjacques/semver-tool

Projects using github-tag-action

A list of projects using github-tag-action for reference.

another/github-tag-action (uses itself to create tags)
anothrNick/json-tree-service

Access JSON structure with HTTP path parameters as keys/indices to the JSON.

catawiki/github-tag-action