Release Action

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

Action Inputs

• allowUpdates: An optional flag which indicates if we should update a release if it already exists. Defaults to false.
• artifactErrorsFailBuild: An optional flag which indicates if artifact read or upload errors should fail the build.
• artifact (deprecated): 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).
• 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).
• artifactContentType: The content type of the artifact. Defaults to raw.
• body: An optional body for the release.
• bodyFile: An optional body file for the release. This should be the path to the file.
• commit: An optional commit reference. This will be used to create the tag if it does not exist.
• 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.
• draft: Optionally marks this release as a draft release. Set to true to enable.
• name: An optional name for the release. If this is omitted the tag will be used.
• omitBody: Indicates if the release body should be omitted.
• 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.
• omitName: Indicates if the release name should be omitted.
• 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.
• 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.
• owner: Optionally specify the owner of the repo where the release should be generated. Defaults to current repo's owner. Example - ncipollo.
• prerelease: Optionally marks this release as prerelease. Set to true to enable.
• removeArtifacts: Indicates if existing release artifacts should be removed. Defaults to false.
• replacesArtifacts: Indicates if existing release artifacts should be replaced. Defaults to true.
• repo: Optionally specify the repo where the release should be generated. Defaults to current repo. Example - release-action.
• tag: An optional tag for the release. If this is omitted the git ref will be used (if it is a tag).
• token: The GitHub token. Typically, this will be ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}. If you are using a personal access token it should have access to the repo scope.

Action Outputs

• 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
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
      with:
        artifacts: "release.tar.gz,foo/*.txt"
        bodyFile: "body.md"
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

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).