Extract version from tag action

This action extract the version from tag and provide different outputs to use in the job.

Usage

To be able to use this action, you must retreive all the history of the repository by using the fetch-depth option of the actions/checkout@v4 as bellow

- name: Checkout
  uses: actions/checkout@v4
  with:
    fetch-depth: 0 # Mandatory to use the extract version from tag action

- name: Extract version from tag
  uses: damienaicheh/extract-version-from-tag-action@v1.3.0

You will then have access to these outputs:

• The major digit: $MAJOR

• The minor digit: $MINOR

• The patch digit: $PATCH

• If it's a pre-release with like for exemple the -beta1 the value beta1 will be extracted inside $PRE_RELEASE. If no pre-release is found this output will be empty.

• The number of commits will be available inside: $NUMBER_OF_COMMITS.

• The number of commits since tag will be available inside: $NUMBER_OF_COMMITS_SINCE_TAG.