GitHub Action - Get Latest Release

A simple Github action to get the latest release from another repository.

Configuration

Example Repository - https://github.com/ophiosdev/github-action-latest-release

Inputs

Name	Description	Required	Default	Example
repository	The repository name in full	Yes	N/A	ophiosdev/github-action-latest-release
includeDrafts	Whether to include draft releases. Defaults to false.	No	false	"true"
includePreReleases	Whether to include pre-release versions. Defaults to false.	No	false	"true"
excludes	Regular expression to match and exclude release tag names.	No	(empty)	"^v0\.1"
includes	Regular expression to match and include release tag names.	No	(empty)	"^v1\."
token	The GitHub token or personal access token	No	(empty)	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Using the GITHUB_TOKEN will avoid the action failing due to hitting API rate limits from the IP address of the GitHub runner your action is running on. Using a PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is required to get the release information from a private repo. You can read about how to create a personal access token here and how to add this as a repository secret here.

Outputs

Name	Description	Example
release	The latest release version tag	v0.3.0
id	The latest release version id	12345
description	The latest release description body	This is an example release
url	API URL for the latest release	https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/releases/12345
assetsUrl	API URL for release assets	https://api.github.com/repos/owner/repo/releases/12345/assets

Usage Example

name: Build Docker Images
on: [push, repository_dispatch]

jobs:
  build:
    name: RedisTimeSeries
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - id: keydb
        uses: ophiosdev/github-action-latest-release@master
        with:
          owner: JohnSully
          repo: KeyDB
          includeDrafts: false
          includePreReleases: false
          excludes: "-beta$"
          includes: "^v.*"

      - id: timeseries
        uses: ophiosdev/github-action-latest-release@master
        with:
          repository: RedisTimeSeries/RedisTimeSeries
          includeDrafts: true
          includePreReleases: false
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
          repository: ophiosdev/keydb-timeseries
          dockerfile: timeseries.dockerfile
          build_args:
            KEY_DB_VERSION=${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }},
            REDIS_TIME_SERIES_VERSION=${{ steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}
          tags:
            latest, ${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }}_${{
            steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}

To use the current repo:

with:
  repository: ${{ github.repository }}

To use authentication token:

with:
  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}