Semver action

This GitHub Action can be used to easily create SemVer releases, based on labels set in a Pull Request.

How to use it

Add a new GitHub workflow in the .github/workflows folder like this:

name: Create new release

on:
  pull_request:
    types:
      - closed
    branches:
      - develop

jobs:
  create-release:
    name: Create new release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Create release
        id: create-release
        uses: Koenigseder/semver-action@v1
        with:
          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          release-body: ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }} # Optional
          base-branch: develop # Optional
          semver-prefix: v # Optional
          semver-start-version: 2.0.0 # Optional
          major-release-label: major release # Optional
          minor-release-lable: minor release # Optional
          patch-release-label: patch release # Optional

This workflow will create a new release each time a Pull Request gets merged into the develop branch, starting with v2.0.0 in case the is no release so far.

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

Property	Description	required	Default value
github-token	GitHub token (e.g. $GITHUB_TOKEN)	yep
release-body	The description of the new release	nope	Defaults to the last commit message
base-branch	The base branch to create the release from	nope	master
semver-prefix	A prefix like 'v' in front of the version number	nope
semver-start-version	If there is no release so far, start with this	nope	1.0.0
major-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a major release	nope	major change
minor-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a minor release	nope	minor change
patch-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a patch release	nope	patch change

Outputs

Property	Description
new-release-tag	The newly created semver tag
major-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a major release
minor-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a minor release
patch-release-label	Name of the label that is used to determine if it's a patch release