The latest release of r-lib/actions "broke" use_github_action() #1967
Description
Reported by @SunnyTseng 🙏
Error we observe, with the backtrace hinting at pick_tag() being the problem:
> usethis::use_github_action()
Which action do you want to add? (0 to exit)
(See <https://github.com/r-lib/actions/tree/v2/examples> for other options)
1: check-standard: Run `R CMD check` on Linux, macOS, and Windows
2: test-coverage: Compute test coverage and report to https://about.codecov.io
3: pr-commands: Add /document and /style commands for pull requests
Selection: 1
Error: invalid version specification ‘’
Backtrace:
1. usethis::use_github_action()
3. usethis:::latest_release()
4. usethis:::pick_tag(tag_names)
5. base::numeric_version(sub("^[^0-9]*", "", dat$nm))
6. base::.make_numeric_version(x, strict, .standard_regexps()$valid_numeric_version)use_github_action() finds the ref part of the URL to the workflow by picking the latest release of the r-lib/actions repository.
Line 90 in 9e64daf
In latest_release(), the release names are extracted via GitHub API:
Lines 260 to 270 in 9e64daf
Today these names are c("v2", "sysreqs", "v1"). (Yesterday there was a new release of the r-lib/actions repo called "sysreqs". https://github.com/r-lib/actions/releases)
In pick_tag(), the line below transforms each of the names to a numeric version
Line 278 in 9e64daf
With "sysreqs", it doesn't work:
numeric_version(sub("^[^0-9]*", "", "sysreqs"))
#> Error: invalid version specification ''Created on 2024-03-26 with reprex v2.1.0