Update Semver

A GitHub Action to update floating version tag aliases.

Features

• Updates floating major and minor version tag aliases for projects that follow the semantic versioning scheme.
• Fast execution
• Scales to large repositories
• Supports all platforms (Linux, macOS, Windows)
• Does not use external GitHub Actions dependencies

Usage

Update aliases based on the current GITHUB_REF

steps:
  - name: Update Semver
    uses: zyactions/update-semver@v1

For example, if GITHUB_REF contains the value refs/tags/v2.3.4, the tag v2 will be updated or created to refer to the same hash.

Update aliases based on a specific tag

steps:
  - name: Update Semver
    uses: zyactions/update-semver@v1
    with:
      tag: 'v2.3.4'

Inputs

tag

The name of the target tag or the reference to be used to update the other tags.

For example:

• v2.3.4
• tags/v2.3.4
• refs/tags/v2.3.4

Defaults to GITHUB_REF if not specified.

prefix

An optional version prefix like e.g. v or release-v. Defaults to v.

This value is used when searching for existing major- and minor- version tags and as well during initial tag creation.

update-minor

Enable this option to also update minor version tags. Defaults to false.

ignore-prerelease

Enable this option to ignore prerelease versions. Defaults to true.

Outputs

This action does not have any outputs.

Dependencies

This action does use the following official GitHub Actions dependencies:

• actions/github-script

Internal dependencies:

• semver-tool (bundled)

Versioning

Versions follow the semantic versioning scheme.

License

Update Semver Action is licensed under the MIT license.