pawndev / go-modfile-information

A github action to get go modfile version and various information

Fetch go mod information

Summary

This action will let you retrieve some information in your go.mod file and export it in github action variables. For now, only the go version and go module will be exported.

See the examples for how to use it

Inputs

Input	Description	Default value
modfile	An example mandatory input	go.mod

Outputs

Output	Description
go_version	Go version of the module
go_module	Go module name

Examples

Or see this workflow

    ...
    - name: Get go mod info
      id: gomod
      uses: pawndev/go-modfile-information@v1.0.0
      with:
        modfile: go.mod # optional default to `go.mod`
    - name: Print go mod information
      run: |
        echo "${{ steps.gomod.outputs.go_version }}"
        echo "${{ steps.gomod.outputs.go_module }}"

Using the optional input

with:
  modfile: other-go.mod

Testing locally

Be sure to have act locally and available il your $PATH. And then you can make test to launch the project locally.

Folder tests contains another go.mod file with old version format using only major and minor without the patch number 1.21.