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Create Release #65

name: Create Release
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
release_type:
type: choice
description: Release Type
default: stable
options:
- stable
- alpha
- beta
- rc
version_bump:
type: choice
description: Version Bump
default: patch
options:
- patch
- minor
- major
continue_prerelease:
type: boolean
description: Continue existing prerelease (if available)
default: false
specific_version:
type: string
description: Specify exact version (e.g., 3.3.0-alpha.1) - overrides other version settings
required: false
is_dry_run:
type: boolean
description: Dry Run
jobs:
release-it:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2
id: generate-token
with:
app_id: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_APP_ID }}
private_key: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
- name: checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
with:
token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
fetch-depth: 0
- name: debug git tags
run: |
echo "All tags:"
git tag -l
echo "---"
echo "Tags sorted by version:"
git tag -l --sort=-v:refname
echo "---"
echo "Alpha tags sorted by version:"
git tag -l "*-alpha*" --sort=-v:refname
echo "---"
echo "Tag details:"
git for-each-ref --format="%(refname:short) %(objecttype) %(taggerdate)" refs/tags/
echo "---"
echo "Latest tag details:"
LATEST_TAG=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
echo "Latest tag: $LATEST_TAG"
git show $LATEST_TAG
- name: initialize mandatory git config
run: |
git config user.name "GitHub Release Bot"
git config user.email release-bot@neolution.ch
- name: install release-it with plugins
run: npm install -g release-it @release-it/keep-a-changelog
- name: run release-it
run: |
params=()
# Check if a specific version was provided
if [[ -n "${{ github.event.inputs.specific_version }}" ]]; then
params+=(--release=${{ github.event.inputs.specific_version }})
# Determine prerelease logic
elif [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }}" == "stable" ]]; then
params+=(--${{ github.event.inputs.version_bump }})
elif [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.continue_prerelease }}" == "true" ]]; then
# Add verbose logging to understand release-it's process
params+=(--verbose)
# Tell release-it to use prerelease tags
params+=(--preReleaseId=${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }})
params+=(--increment=prerelease)
params+=(--preRelease=${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }})
params+=(--plugins.@release-it/keep-a-changelog.keepUnreleased)
params+=(--no-plugins.@release-it/keep-a-changelog.strictLatest)
else
params+=(--${{ github.event.inputs.version_bump }})
params+=(--preRelease=${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }})
params+=(--plugins.@release-it/keep-a-changelog.keepUnreleased)
params+=(--no-plugins.@release-it/keep-a-changelog.strictLatest)
fi
if [[ "${{ github.event.inputs.is_dry_run }}" == "true" ]]; then
params+=(--dry-run)
fi
params+=(--ci)
echo "command: release-it ${params[@]}"
release-it "${params[@]}"
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}