Create Release Bot Action
ActionsThe Create Release Bot GitHub Action is used to manage releases for your repository. This action automates the process of creating a release, updating the changelog, merging pull requests, and more.
The best way to use this action for now is combine with Create Release Action, create release action will create a PR for release and this action will update the PR, merge and create a release.
The following inputs are required for the GitHub Action:
repo_owner: The owner of the repository.repo_name: The name of the repository.base_branch: The base branch to create the pull request against.target_branch: The target branch for the pull request.github_token: GitHub token with repo access.github_event: GitHub event (default:github.event).
To use the Create Release Bot and Create Release, add the following code to your workflow file:
name: Create Release
on:
push:
branches:
- master
pull_request:
types: [closed]
issue_comment:
types: [created]
jobs:
release:
name: Release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write
pull-requests: write
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Create Release PR
if: github.event_name == 'push'
uses: MateSousa/create-release@v0.0.1 # v0.0.1 is the latest version
with:
repo_owner: ${{ secrets.REPO_OWNER }}}
repo_name: ${{ secrets.REPO_NAME }}}
base_branch: ${{ secrets.BASE_BRANCH }}}
target_branch: ${{ secrets.TARGET_BRANCH }}}
github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Bot running
if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' || github.event_name == 'issue_comment'
uses: MateSousa/create-release-bot@v0.0.1 # v0.0.1 is the latest version
with:
repo_owner: ${{ secrets.REPO_OWNER }}}
repo_name: ${{ secrets.REPO_NAME }}}
base_branch: ${{ secrets.BASE_BRANCH }}}
target_branch: ${{ secrets.TARGET_BRANCH }}}
github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
github_event: ${{ toJson(github.event) }}You will also need to habilitate in Action tab the following options: - Allow github actions to create and approve pull requests
The following commands are available for the Create Release Bot GitHub Action:
/merge: When you put this command in a comment, the action will create or update the base branch with a changelog.md file and merge the pull request into the target branch, creating a new tag and release.
Create Release Bot Action is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.
Create Release Bot Action is not certified by GitHub. It is provided by a third-party and is governed by separate terms of service, privacy policy, and support documentation.