Github Actions: Release

Github action to run release packages against a repository, this provides release creation with the following features;

List multiple assets and directores for auto-archiving
Auto increment semver (with pattern matching on existing release naming)
Mark as pre-release
Dry run without release (for testing releases via non-release branches)
Fetch the latest release tag for an asset

Workflow configuration

To use this action, define it in your workflow;

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: self-hosted
    name: Lint package
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: qernal/github-actions-release@v1.0.8

Action parameters

Parameter	Description	Default	Required	Values
`tag`	Tag to use, can be initial tag if `tag_pattern` is set	no default	Y	String
`tag_pattern`	A regular expression of the pattern to use, e.g. `abc_v(?P<semver>([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+))` - the pattern must include a `semver` group that matches a semantic versioning pattern otherwise the replacement will fail	no default	N	String
`release_name`	Name of the release	no default	N	String
`release_description`	Description of the release	no default	N	String
`prerelease`	Mark as prerelease	false	N	boolean
`assets`	Comma separated list of assets, can be files or directory	no default	Y	String, e.g. `file.yaml,file2.yaml,charts`
`auto_increment`	Auto increment	no default	N	String, values are; `major`, `minor`, `patch`
`repo_name`	Name of the repository to create release on	Y	String
`token`	GitHub PAT Token to access/create release	no default	Y	String
`dry_run`	not yet implemented	False	N	Boolean
`get_last_tag`	Gets the last tag that was created, doesn't create or update the release - this is for information	False	N	Boolean

Example;

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: qernal/github-actions-rust-release@v1.0.8
        with:
          tag: "abc_v1.0.0"
          tag_pattern: 'abc_v(?P<semver>([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+))'
          token: "${{ secrets.github_token }}"

Action output

Output	Description
`tag`	Tag that was created or acquired during the release

Manual runs

You can use the container without the context of the runner, and just run the container like so;

docker run --rm -v `pwd`:/github/workspace ghcr.io/qernal/gh-actions/release-x86_64:main

Replace the pwd with your workspace if you're not running from the current directory

Development

INPUT_TAG="abc_v1.0.0" INPUT_TAG_PATTERN="abc_v(?P<semver>([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+))" INPUT_ASSETS="./example-assets" INPUT_AUTO_INCREMENT="minor" INPUT_REPO_NAME="my-user/releases-repo" INPUT_TOKEN="xxxx" python3 ./src/release.py