is it possible to update existing release "commit"?

[ReenigneArcher]

As the title states, is it possible to update an existing release commit hash? Additionally, the time it was created?

Time for assets is updated when they are replaced, so that is great!

I am passing the commit manually, which matches the latest commit in the branch.

      - name: Create/Update GitHub Release
        if: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.create_release == 'true' }}
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          name: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_name }}
          tag: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_tag }}
          commit: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_commit }}
          artifacts: "*artifacts/*"
          token: ${{ secrets.GH_BOT_TOKEN }}
          allowUpdates: true
          body: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.release_body }}
          discussionCategory: announcements
          prerelease: ${{ needs.setup_release.outputs.pre_release }}

[ncipollo]

It is not possible to update the the commit hash of an existing tag via the action (or via the release endpoints GitHub provides). I would just rely upon normal git tag commands (you can add a step in your workflow which uses a bash command to update and push your tag).

[ReenigneArcher]

Do you have an example by chance? And do you know if doing that will trigger GitHub to say a new release was published?

[ncipollo]

Not handy but you should be able to google around for an example.

It shouldn't matter if it trigger a workflow, it can be a step which precedes the action. In other words, update tag, push, then action runs next and creates release from tag.

[ReenigneArcher]

It shouldn't matter if it trigger a workflow

Normally, I'd agree but I have another workflow that runs on release events (sends a notification to discord, reddit, etc.) which I don't want to run every time I make a nightly release. I can work around that though.

Anyway, thanks for the suggestion. I appreciate it!