My Workflow
Quick Release Creator is a Github Action that lets you quickly create new releases for your github repos through a manually triggered workflow_dispatch event!
Instead of drafting a new release from scratch under the "Releases" section of a repo, Quick Release Creator provides you with a form to fill out which neatly composes a release for you. No need to remember what exactly to include in a release or fumbling with markdown!
You can provide specific information about your release to the action, such as:
- The version number tag
- The name/title of the release
- A brief description of major and minor changes
- Any additional notes about the release
The major/minor changes and notes fields default to (Not noted) if that information is not provided)
After hitting the green "Run workflow" button, the action will execute and create your new release from the information you provided!
Quick Release Creator will then output a clean looking release with the help of some simple markdown!
Voilà!
Release example:
Submission Category:
- Maintainer Must-Haves
- DIY Deployments
Yaml File:
name: Quick Release workflow
on:
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
version-number:
description: 'Version number tag:'
default: 'Enter version number'
required: true
release-name:
description: 'Release name:'
default: 'Enter release name'
required: true
major-changes:
description: 'Major changes:'
default: '(No major changes noted)'
required: false
minor-changes:
description: 'Minor changes:'
default: '(No minor changes noted)'
required: false
notes:
description: 'Notes:'
default: '(No extra notes)'
required: false
jobs:
build:
name: Create Release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout code
uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Create Release
id: create_release
uses: actions/create-release@v1
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
with:
tag_name: v${{ github.event.inputs.version-number }}
release_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.release-name }}
body: |
## Major changes:
${{ github.event.inputs.major-changes }}
## Minor changes:
${{ github.event.inputs.minor-changes }}
## Notes:
${{ github.event.inputs.notes }}
draft: false
prerelease: false
Additional Resources / Info
Quick Release Creator is based off the Create a Release GitHub action
I'm currently using my custom GitHub action in my Live Music PDX application, the live music finder for Portland, Oregon!
NathanPickard
/
Live-Music-PDX
Live music finder for the Portland, OR metro area
Check it out the production version here!
Happy coding!
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