log

If you use log, you should have a changelog.md file (if you don't, it will be generated).

All your changes should be made through pull requests. log collects the titles of the last merged pull requests and creates a changelog and a release when you push a new tag to the origin.

.github/workflows/publish.yml

name: 'publish'

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  publish:
    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'

    permissions:
      contents: 'write'
      pull-requests: 'read'

    steps:
      - uses: 'actions/checkout@v3'

      - name: 'Publish Release'
        uses: 'azurystudio/log@v1'

Action Inputs

Name	Description	Default
draft	false
prerelease	Create the release as a prerelease.	false
style	Set the style of the changelog. This is a combination of the following options separated by a comma and space, e.g. author, description: description, author
commit_message	Set a custom commit message. If your message contains {tag}, it'll be automatically replaced with the tag name of the release.	package: publish {tag}
token	GITHUB_TOKEN (permissions contents: write and pull-requests: read) or a repo scoped Personal Access Token (PAT).	GITHUB_TOKEN

Action Outputs

Name	Example
release_id	1
tag_name	v1.0.0
created_at	2023-06-10T16:29:08.625Z
release_body
changelog_body