Autonomous Release

A GitHub action that creates a new release according to the Conventional Commits.

What's it do?

This action will automatically create a new release for your repository when a tag is sent as parameter or a tag push event but it must conform on the Semantic versioning.

Inputs

Name	Description	Obligatory	Default
create	Run mode of the action	optional	false
gh-token	A GitHub token with repo scope. This is used to create release	required
tag	It's required to use in events except the tag push	optional
create	It's required to use in events except the tag push	optional	true

Outputs

Name	Description
body	The generated release body with the commits
release-id	If release is created, it gives the release ref id
release-url	If release is created, it gives the release html url

Usage

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  tag:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: oobook/autonomous-release@v1
        id: release-generation
        with:
          gh-token: ${{ github.token }}

name: Release

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
    tags-ignore:
      - v*

permissions:
  contents: write
  
jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Test
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - name: Tag
      - uses: oobook/autonomous-tag
        id: tag-generation
        with:
          gh_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - name: Release
        uses: oobook/autonomous-release@v1
        with:
          gh_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tag: "${{ steps.tag-generation.outputs.tag }}"
          prerelease: true