github-next-version

Gets next version of project based on previous commit tag and commit messages.

Get previous tag

Github Action that gets the latest tag from git

Output

This action has two output: tag for the latest tag this action finds. version the next version that should be used.

The next version will be determined by commit messages since the last tag created.

Commit message conventions:

fix: will update the 3 (patch) number of the version
feat: will update the 2 (minor) number of the version
BREAKING will update the 1(major) number of the version

It should always return a version, when there is at least one commit. tag will only be set if there was a previous tag.

Example

name: Generate
jobs:
  generate:
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: 'Get Next tag'
        id: semver
        uses: "cdotyone/github-next-version@main"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ github.token }}"