GitHub Action: Update major/minor semver

This action updates major/minor release tags on a tag push. e.g. Update v1 and v1.2 tag when released v1.2.3.

It works well for GitHub Action. ref: https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-actions#versioning-your-action

Inputs

tag

Optional. Existing tag to update from. Default comes from $GITHUB_REF.

message

Optional. Tag message. Default: Release $TAG

major_version_tag_only

Optional. Create only major version tags. Default: false

github_token

Optional. It's no need to specify it if you use checkout@v2. Required for checkout@v1 action.

Example usage

.github/workflows/update_semver.yml

name: Update Semver
on:
  push:
    branches-ignore:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
jobs:
  update-semver:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: haya14busa/action-update-semver@v1
        with:
          major_version_tag_only: true  # (optional, default is "false")

oneliner

$ cat <<EOF > .github/workflows/update_semver.yml
name: Update Semver
on:
  push:
    branches-ignore:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
jobs:
  update-semver:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - uses: haya14busa/action-update-semver@v1
        with:
          github_token: \${{ secrets.github_token }}
EOF