auto-releases GitHub Action

Author: pypestream

Automate your releases with the auto-releases GitHub Action. Seamlessly generate releases/pre-releases with semantic versioning and notify your Slack channels in real-time.

Features:

1. Semantic Versioning: Determine versions automatically from commit messages.
2. Releases/Pre-releases: Decide the type of release based on branches such as 'next' and 'latest'.
3. Slack Notifications: Send out updates about the release notes to specified Slack channels.
4. Customizable: Set your preferences with an array of customizable inputs.

🚀 Example Usage

name: Release Workflow
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - next
      - release

jobs:
  auto_release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        
      - name: Setup Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
        with:
          node-version: 16

      - name: Use auto-releases
        uses: pypestream/auto-releases@next
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          slack-token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_TOKEN }}
          slack-channels: 'general, releases'
          notify-on-pre-release: true
          dry-run: false
          release-branch: 'release'
          main-branch: 'next'

🔧 Inputs

• github-token: Token for GitHub. Default is the provided GitHub token.
• slack-token: Required. Token to send release notes to Slack.
• slack-channels: Required. Slack channels for release notes. Multiple channels can be separated by commas.
• notify-on-pre-release: Notify on pre-releases? Default is true.
• dry-run: Check the action without actual execution. Default is FALSE.
• release-branch: Release branch name. Default is release.
• main-branch: Main branch name. Default is next.

📤 Outputs

• new-tag: The new tag created.
• latestTagWithoutPreReleases: The most recent tag without pre-release.
• latestTagWithPreReleases: The most recent tag with pre-release.
• releaseType: one of pre-release, full-release.