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GitHub Action

Create Git Tag

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Create Git Tag

git-commit

Create Git Tag

Tag a git commit with a semantic version

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              
- name: Create Git Tag

              
  uses: Piszmog/create-tag@v1
Learn more about this action in Piszmog/create-tag

Choose a version

create-tag

A GitHub Action to tag a commit with a valid semantic version.

Inputs

Name Required Description
token True GitHub Token used to query files in the repository and commit changes to the branch
version True The version to create the tag as.
message True The tag message.

Example Usage

name: Tag

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      version:
        description: 'Release version (e.g. v0.1.0)'
        required: true
      message:
        description: 'Tag message'
        required: true

jobs:
  create-tag:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Create Tag
        uses: piszmog/create-tag@v1
        with:
          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
          message: ${{ github.event.inputs.message }}
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Development

To update GitHub action that is pulled by users,

  1. Update the version in package.json
  2. Create a release/tag matching the version in package.json
  3. Run ./moveMajor.sh