Generate Next Release Tag

• GitHub action to automate the process of creating the next release tag for your repository.
• This action will set a ENV variable named next_release_version which can then be used to create release.
• This action uses the prev release tag an increments over it.
• Template of release tag will be: vyy.mm.i, where yy=year, mm=month, i=iteration.
• For example, third release in December 2020 will be: v20.12.3

Inputs

github_token: Github Secret GITHUB_TOKEN or Personal Access Token must be passed

Outputs

Sets an environment variable named next_release_version which contains next release version number.

Example workflow

name: Create Release

on: push

jobs:
  deploy:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout branch
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Generate release tag
        uses: amitsingh-007/[email protected]
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}