/go-release-action

Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action.

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Go Release GitHub Action

Build Docker PR Build Test Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action.

Features

  • Build Go binaries for release and publish to Github Release Assets.
  • Customizable Go versions. latest by default.
  • Support different Go project path in repository.
  • Support multiple binaries in same repository.
  • Customizable binary name.
  • Support multiple GOOS/GOARCH build in parallel by Github Action Matrix Strategy gracefully.
  • Publish .zip instead of .tar.gz for windows.
  • No musl library dependency issue on linux.
  • Support extra command that will be executed before go build. You may want to use it to solve dependency if you're NOT using Go Modules.
  • Rich parameters support for go build(e.g. -ldflags, etc.).
  • Support package extra files into artifacts (e.g., LICENSE, README.md, etc).
  • Support customize build command, e.g., use packr2(packr2 build) instead of go build. Another important usage is to use make(Makefile) for building on Unix-like systems.
  • Support optional .md5 along with artifacts.
  • Support optional .sha256 along with artifacts.
  • Customizable release tag to support publish binaries per push or workflow_dispatch(manually trigger).
  • Support overwrite assets if it's already exist.
  • Support customizable asset names.
  • Support private repositories.
  • Support executable compression by upx.
  • Support retry if upload phase fails.

Usage

Basic Example

# .github/workflows/release.yaml

on:
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  release-linux-amd64:
    name: release linux/amd64
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.23
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: linux
        goarch: amd64

Parameters

Parameter Mandatory/Optional Description
github_token Mandatory Your GITHUB_TOKEN for uploading releases to Github asserts.
goos Mandatory GOOS is the running program's operating system target: one of darwin, freebsd, linux, and so on.
goarch Mandatory GOARCH is the running program's architecture target: one of 386, amd64, arm, arm64, s390x, and so on.
goversion Optional The Go compiler version. latest(check it here) by default, optional 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 or 1.17.
It also takes download URL instead of version string if you'd like to use more specified version. But make sure your URL is linux-amd64 package, better to find the URL from Go - Downloads.
E.g., https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz.
project_path Optional Where to run go build.
Use . by default.
binary_name Optional Specify another binary name if do not want to use repository basename.
Use your repository's basename if not set.
pre_command Optional Extra command that will be executed before go build. You may want to use it to solve dependency if you're NOT using Go Modules.
build_command Optional The actual command to build binary, typically go build. You may want to use other command wrapper, e.g., packr2, example build_command: 'packr2 build'. Remember to use pre_command to set up packr2 command in this scenario.
It also supports the make(Makefile) building system, example build_command: make. In this case both build_flags and ldflags will be ignored since they should be written in your Makefile already. Also, please make sure the generated binary placed in the path where make runs, i.e., project_path.
executable_compression Optional Compression executable binary by some third-party tools. It takes compression command with optional args as input, e.g., upx or upx -v.
Only upx is supported at the moment.
build_flags Optional Additional arguments to pass the go build command.
ldflags Optional Values to provide to the -ldflags argument.
extra_files Optional Extra files that will be packaged into artifacts either. Multiple files separated by space. Note that extra folders can be allowed either since internal cp -r already in use.
E.g., extra_files: LICENSE README.md
md5sum Optional Publish .md5 along with artifacts, TRUE by default.
sha256sum Optional Publish .sha256 along with artifacts, FALSE by default.
release_tag Optional Target release tag to publish your binaries to. It's dedicated to publish binaries on every push into one specified release page since there's no target in this case. DON'T set it if you trigger the action by release: [created] event as most people do.
overwrite Optional Overwrite asset if it's already exist. FALSE by default.
asset_name Optional Customize asset name if do not want to use the default format ${BINARY_NAME}-${RELEASE_TAG}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}.
Make sure set it correctly, especially for matrix usage that you have to append -${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}. A valid example could be asset_name: binary-name-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}.
retry Optional How many times retrying if upload fails. 3 by default.
post_command Optional Extra command that will be executed for teardown work. e.g. you can use it to upload artifacts to AWS s3 or aliyun OSS

Advanced Example

  • Release for multiple OS/ARCH in parallel by matrix strategy.
  • Go code is not in . of your repository.
  • Customize binary name.
  • Use go 1.13.1 from downloadable URL instead of the default version.
  • Package extra LICENSE and README.md into artifacts.
# .github/workflows/release.yaml

on:
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    name: Release Go Binary
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # build and publish in parallel: linux/386, linux/amd64, linux/arm64, windows/386, windows/amd64, darwin/amd64, darwin/arm64
        goos: [linux, windows, darwin]
        goarch: ["386", amd64, arm64]
        exclude:
          - goarch: "386"
            goos: darwin
          - goarch: arm64
            goos: windows
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.23
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
        goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
        goversion: "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
        project_path: "./cmd/test-binary"
        binary_name: "test-binary"
        extra_files: LICENSE README.md

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