alokedesai / actions-github-release

Github Action that able to get the release version of the remote repository in your Actions workflow

GitHub Actions: Get Github release

This Action able to get latest release version (tag) of the remote repository.

Configuration

Inputs

Name	Description	Example
repository	The Github owner/repository	nodejs/node
type	The release type (prerelease	stable
token	Github auth token (default variable for each action session)	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Possible values for type input

• stable - Get the stable latest release
• prerelease - Get the latest prerelease
• latest - Get the really latest release with no matter is it stable or prerelease
• nodraft - Get the really latest release excluding drafts

Outputs

Action outputs 3 variables

• release - release tag
• release_id - release Github ID
• browser_download_url - URL to download first file in release assets

Usage example

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]

jobs:
  build:
    name: Build
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    
    - name: Get latest release of NodeJS
      uses: rez0n/actions-github-release@main
      id: node_release
      env:
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        repository: "nodejs/node"
        type: "stable"
        
    - name: Build image
      uses: docker/build-push-action@v1
        with:
          ...
          dockerfile: Dockerfile
          tags: latest, ${{ steps.node_release.outputs.release }}