Get latest tag (not tag associated with latest commit)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,17 @@ jobs:
           - macos-latest
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Required due to the way Git works, without it this action won't be able to find any or the correct tags
       - name: 'Get Previous tag'
         id: previoustag
         uses: ./
       - run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}"
+          echo "Tag: ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}"
+          echo "Timestamp: ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.timestamp }}"
+          test -n "${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.tag }}"
+          test -n "${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.timestamp }}"
       - name: Remove tags
         uses: JesseTG/rm@v1.0.2
         with:
@@ -32,4 +37,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fallback: v1.0.0
       - run: |
-          echo "${{ steps.previoustagwithfallback.outputs.tag }}"
+          echo "Tag: ${{ steps.previoustagwithfallback.outputs.tag }}"
+          echo "Timestamp: ${{ steps.previoustagwithfallback.outputs.timestamp }}"
+          test -n "${{ steps.previoustagwithfallback.outputs.tag }}"
+          test -n "${{ steps.previoustagwithfallback.outputs.timestamp }}"

.github/workflows/craft-release.yaml

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ jobs:
     name: Wait for status checks
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
       - run: sleep 13
       - name: 'Wait for status checks'
         id: waitforstatuschecks
@@ -49,7 +48,9 @@ jobs:
       - generate-changelog
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Required due to the way Git works, without it this action won't be able to find any or the correct tags
       - name: Create release/${{ env.MILESTONE }} branch
         run: git checkout -b release/${{ env.MILESTONE }} ${GITHUB_SHA}
       - run: echo -e "${CHANGELOG}" > release-${{ env.MILESTONE }}-changelog.md

.github/workflows/set-milestone-on-pr.yaml

@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ jobs:
   set-milestone:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Required due to the way Git works, without it this action won't be able to find any or the correct tags
         if: github.event.pull_request.milestone == null
       - name: 'Get Previous tag'
         if: github.event.pull_request.milestone == null

README.md

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # Get previous tag
 
+
 [![Continuous Integration](https://github.com/WyriHaximus/github-action-get-previous-tag/actions/workflows/ci.yml/badge.svg)](https://github.com/WyriHaximus/github-action-get-previous-tag/actions/workflows/ci.yml)
 [![GitHub release (latest SemVer)](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/WyriHaximus/github-action-get-previous-tag?logo=github&sort=semver)](https://github.com/WyriHaximus/github-action-get-previous-tag/releases)
 
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ name: Generate
 jobs:
   generate:
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.2.0
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0 # Required due to the way Git works, without it this action won't be able to find any or the correct tags
       - name: 'Get Previous tag'

action.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   tag:
     description: 'Latest tag'
+  timestamp:
+    description: 'Latest tag timestamp'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'main.js'

main.js

@@ -1,45 +1,34 @@
 const { exec } = require('child_process');
-exec('git rev-list --tags --max-count=1', (err, rev, stderr) => {
+exec(`git for-each-ref --sort=-taggerdate --count 1 --format="%(refname:short)" "refs/tags/*"`, (err, tag, stderr) => {
     if (err) {
-        console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Could not find any revisions because: ');
+        console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Could not find any tags because: ');
         console.log('\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m', stderr);
         process.exit(1);
+    } else if(tag === "") {
+        let timestamp = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
+        console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Falling back to default tag');
+        console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found tag: ${process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK}`);
+        console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
+        console.log(`::set-output name=tag::${process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK}`);
+        console.log(`::set-output name=timestamp::${timestamp}`);
+        process.exit(0);
     }
 
-    rev = rev.trim()
+    tag = tag.trim()
 
-    exec(`git describe --tags ${rev}`, (err, tag, stderr) => {
+    exec(`git log -1 --format=%at ${tag}`, (err, timestamp, stderr) => {
         if (err) {
-            console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Could not find any tags because: ');
+            console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Could not find any timestamp because: ');
             console.log('\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m', stderr);
-            if (process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK) {
-                let timestamp = Math.floor(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
-                console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Falling back to default tag');
-                console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found tag: ${process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK}`);
-                console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
-                console.log(`::set-output name=tag::${process.env.INPUT_FALLBACK}`);
-                console.log(`::set-output name=timestamp::${timestamp}`);
-                process.exit(0);
-            }
             process.exit(1);
         }
 
-        tag = tag.trim()
+        timestamp = timestamp.trim()
 
-        exec(`git log -1 --format=%at ${tag}`, (err, timestamp, stderr) => {
-            if (err) {
-                console.log('\x1b[33m%s\x1b[0m', 'Could not find any timestamp because: ');
-                console.log('\x1b[31m%s\x1b[0m', stderr);
-                process.exit(1);
-            }
-
-            timestamp = timestamp.trim()
-
-            console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found tag: ${tag}`);
-            console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
-            console.log(`::set-output name=tag::${tag}`);
-            console.log(`::set-output name=timestamp::${timestamp}`);
-            process.exit(0);
-        });
+        console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found tag: ${tag}`);
+        console.log('\x1b[32m%s\x1b[0m', `Found timestamp: ${timestamp}`);
+        console.log(`::set-output name=tag::${tag}`);
+        console.log(`::set-output name=timestamp::${timestamp}`);
+        process.exit(0);
     });
 });