GitHub Action - Get Next Semantic Release Info

This GitHub Action gets next semantic release info, does not publish. export the info as output variables.

Usage

Add this step in your workflow file

- name: Gets semantic release info
  id: semantic_release_info
  uses: jossef/[email protected]
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

Output Variables

• type - The part of the version incremented - major/minor/patch
• channel - The distribution channel on which the last release was initially made available
• git_head - The sha of the last commit being part of the release
• version - The version of the release
• git_tag - The Git tag associated with the release
• name - The name of the release
• notes - The release notes of the release (a summary of git commits)

output variables can be accessed after the step is completed via

${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.<variable name> }}

Full Example

In this example I build auto generated docs, commit the built docs artifacts and make a tagged release

name: CI

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
    tags-ignore:
      - '*.*'

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
            
      - name: Gets semantic release info
        id: semantic_release_info
        uses: jossef/[email protected]
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
      
      - name: Build auto generated docs
        run: |
          npm install
          npm run build-docs
      
      - name: Commit files
        run: |
          git config --local user.email "[email protected]"
          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
          git add -A
          git commit -m "docs(): bumping release ${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.git_tag }}"
          git tag ${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.git_tag }}
          
      - name: Push changes
        uses: ad-m/[email protected]
        with:
          github_token: ${{ github.token }}
          tags: true

      - name: Create GitHub Release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.git_tag }}
          release_name: ${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.git_tag }}
          body: ${{ steps.semantic_release_info.outputs.notes }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false