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trash-2

GitHub Action

Delete Old Releases

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Delete Old Releases

trash-2

Delete Old Releases

Delete old releases automatically

Installation

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

              
- name: Delete Old Releases

              
  uses: Nats-ji/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in Nats-ji/delete-old-releases

Choose a version

delete-old-releases

This action provides the following functionality for GitHub Actions users:

  • Deleting old releases from a repository.
  • Optionally removing the tags associated with the removed releases.
  • Optionally keeping the latest patch of each older minor versions.
  • Configuring how many releases to keep.

Usage

See action.yml

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- uses: Nats-ji/delete-old-releases@v1
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    keep-count: 5
    keep-old-minor-releases: true
    keep-old-minor-releases-count: 1

Input

Input Required Default Description
token Yes Your Github token. Can be abtained by using ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
keep-count No 3 Number of releases to keep.
keep-old-minor-releases Yes true Keep the latest release of each older minor versions.
keep-old-minor-releases-by No 'minor' Which semver level should we use to keep old release? Can be: 'major', 'minor', or 'patch'.
keep-old-minor-releases-count No 1 Number of old releases in each minor version to keep.
include-prerelease No false Always include prerelease versions. (node-semver)
semver-loose No false Interpret versions and ranges loosely. (node-semver)
remove-tags No false Also remove the tags associated with the removed releases.
dry-run No false Doesn't delete anything. Only a test run.

Example

Say you have the following versions in your release:

[
    2.1.5, 2.1.4, 2.1.3, 2.1.2, 2.1.1, 2.1.0,
    2.0.3, 2.0.2, 2.0.1, 2.0.0,
    1.2.3, 1.2.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.0,
    1.1.3, 1.1.2, 1.1.1, 1.1.0,
    1.0.1, 1.0.0,
]

Only keep the newest releases

The following config will delete all but 2.1.5, 2.1.4:

- uses: Nats-ji/delete-old-releases@v1
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    keep-count: 2
    keep-old-minor-releases: false

Keep older minor releases

The following config will delete all but 2.1.5, 2.1.4, 2.0.3, 1.2.3, 1.1.3, 1.0.1:

- uses: Nats-ji/delete-old-releases@v1
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    keep-count: 2
    keep-old-minor-releases: true

The following config will delete all but 2.1.5, 2.1.4, 2.0.3, 1.2.3:

- uses: Nats-ji/delete-old-releases@v1
  with:
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    keep-count: 2
    keep-old-minor-releases: true
    keep-old-minor-releases-by: 'major'

License

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License

Contributions

Contributions are welcome!