zogot/kacl-parser

This docker image extracts the specified release from a provided Keep a Changelog file.

Can also be used directly as an image published to GitHub Packages: https://github.com/zogot/kacl-parser/pkgs/container/kacl-parser

Usage as GitHub Action

You can use this repository as a Docker Action that can be combined with other Docker actions to get you the specific Changelog Release contents that you can append to specific files or, for example, to the GitHub Release body contents.

Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default
version	The version that you wish to extract from the Changelog. Should be a SemVer version. Supports with or without 'v'	Yes
path	The path to the Changelog file. Including the filename. By default it uses the path from the mounted directory from a checkout.	No	/github/workspace/CHANGELOG.md
halt-on-error	If it should halt on error? Default is true. If false, and an error is given, an empty string is provided in place of errors	No	true

Outputs

Name	Description
release	The contents of the release if it exists. Else it will return ''

Example usage

steps:
  - name: Extract version
    id: kacl
    uses: zogot/kacl-parser@1.0.0
    with:
      version: ${{ github.ref_name }}
    
  - name: 'Create the release'
    uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
    with:
      body: ${{ steps.kacl.outputs.release }}