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Create Release

v1.14.0 Latest version

Create Release

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Create Release

Creates github releases

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Create Release

              
  uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1.14.0
Learn more about this action in ncipollo/release-action

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Release Action

This action will create a GitHub release and optionally upload an artifact to it.

Action Inputs

Input name Description Required Default Value
allowUpdates An optional flag which indicates if we should update a release if it already exists. Defaults to false. false ""
artifactErrorsFailBuild An optional flag which indicates if artifact read or upload errors should fail the build. false ""
artifacts An optional set of paths representing artifacts to upload to the release. This may be a single path or a comma delimited list of paths (or globs) false ""
artifactContentType The content type of the artifact. Defaults to raw false ""
body An optional body for the release. Note: This input will have white space trimmed before and after it. Use bodyFile if you need a non-trivial markdown body. false ""
bodyFile An optional body file for the release. This should be the path to the file. false ""
commit An optional commit reference. This will be used to create the tag if it does not exist. false ""
discussionCategory When provided this will generate a discussion of the specified category. The category must exist otherwise this will cause the action to fail. This isn't used with draft releases. The default "Announcements" category is not supported via the API and will cause an error if used here. false ""
draft Optionally marks this release as a draft release. Set to true to enable. false ""
generateReleaseNotes Indicates if release notes should be automatically generated. false false
makeLatest Indicates if the release should be the "latest" release or not. legacy specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version. false "legacy"
name An optional name for the release. If this is omitted the tag will be used. false ""
omitBody Indicates if the release body should be omitted. false false
omitBodyDuringUpdate Indicates if the release body should be omitted during updates. The body will still be applied for newly created releases. This will preserve the existing body during updates. false false
omitDraftDuringUpdate Indicates if the draft flag should be omitted during updates. The draft flag will still be applied for newly created releases. This will preserve the existing draft state during updates. false false
omitName Indicates if the release name should be omitted. false false
omitNameDuringUpdate Indicates if the release name should be omitted during updates. The name will still be applied for newly created releases. This will preserve the existing name during updates. false false
omitPrereleaseDuringUpdate Indicates if the prerelease flag should be omitted during updates. The prerelease flag will still be applied for newly created releases. This will preserve the existing prerelease state during updates. false false
owner Optionally specify the owner of the repo where the release should be generated. Defaults to current repo's owner. false "current repo owner"
prerelease Optionally marks this release as prerelease. Set to true to enable. false ""
removeArtifacts Indicates if existing release artifacts should be removed. false false
replacesArtifacts Indicates if existing release artifacts should be replaced. false true
repo Optionally specify the repo where the release should be generated. false current repo
skipIfReleaseExists When skipIfReleaseExists is enabled the action will be skipped if a non-draft release already exists for the provided tag. false false
tag An optional tag for the release. If this is omitted the git ref will be used (if it is a tag). false ""
token The GitHub token. This will default to the GitHub app token. This is primarily useful if you want to use your personal token (for targeting other repos, etc). If you are using a personal access token it should have access to the repo scope. false github.token
updateOnlyUnreleased When allowUpdates is enabled, this will fail the action if the release it is updating is not a draft or a prerelease. false false

Action Outputs

Output name Description
id The identifier of the created release.
html_url The HTML URL of the release.
upload_url The URL for uploading assets to the release.

Example

This example will create a release when a tag is pushed:

name: Releases

on: 
  push:
    tags:
    - '*'

jobs:

  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
      with:
        artifacts: "release.tar.gz,foo/*.txt"
        bodyFile: "body.md"

Notes

  • You must provide a tag either via the action input or the git ref (i.e push / create a tag). If you do not provide a tag the action will fail.
  • If the tag of the release you are creating does not yet exist, you should set both the tag and commit action inputs. commit can point to a commit hash or a branch name (ex - main).
  • In the example above only required permissions for the action specified (which is contents: write). If you add other actions to the same workflow you should expand permissions block accordingly.
  • More info about why the default discussion category "Announcements" does not work with this action may be found here: goreleaser/goreleaser#2304.