Get Latest Release

A simple Github action to get the latest release from another repository. No authentication required.

Configuration

Example Repository - https://github.com/pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release

Inputs

this

Name	Description	Example
myToken	The GitHub token used for the request	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
owner	The Github user or organization that owns the repository	pozetroninc
repo	The repository name	github-action-get-latest-release

or this

Name	Description	Example
myToken	The GitHub token used for the request	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
repository	The repository name in full	pozetroninc/github-action-get-latest-release

Additional Inputs (Optional)

Name	Description	Example
excludes	Exclude draft or pre-release versions.	"prerelease, draft"

Outputs

Name	Description	Example
release	The latest release version tag	v0.3.0
id	The latest release version id	12345

Usage Example

name: Build Docker Images
on: [push, repository_dispatch]

jobs:
  build:
    name: RedisTimeSeries
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - id: keydb
        uses: jmir1/github-action-get-latest-release@v1
        with:
          myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          owner: JohnSully
          repo: KeyDB
          excludes: prerelease, draft
      - id: timeseries
        uses: jmir1/github-action-get-latest-release@v1
        with:
          repository: RedisTimeSeries/RedisTimeSeries
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v1
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
          repository: pozetroninc/keydb-timeseries
          dockerfile: timeseries.dockerfile
          build_args: KEY_DB_VERSION=${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }}, REDIS_TIME_SERIES_VERSION=${{ steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}
          tags: latest, ${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }}_${{ steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}

To use the current repo:

with:
  myToken: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  repository: ${{ github.repository }}