sync-release-version

Problem

With multiple files that need to be updated each time a new released is created.

sync-release-version makes this process less complex by using a regex pattern to match the lines in the specified files that needs to be updated.

Helpful Resources

• https://www.regextester.com/111539
• https://www.tutorialspoint.com/unix/unix-regular-expressions.htm

Usage

Sync a project release version number.

Update files that reference a project version with a new release number.

Note

• This example assumes a post release operation i.e changes are made to a README after a new version is releaased.

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # otherwise, you will fail to push refs to dest repo

      - name: Sync release version.
        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v13
          id: sync-release-version
          with:
            pattern: 'version='
            current_version: '1.0.1'  # Omit this to use git tag.
            new_version: '1.0.2'  # Omit this to use git tag.
            paths: |
              README.md
              test/subdir/README.md

      - run: |
          echo "Upgraded from ${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.old_version }} -> ${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.new_version }}" 

Recomended usage with peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3

name: Update release version.
on:
  release:
    types: [published]


jobs:
  update-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - name: Sync release version.
        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v13
        id: sync-release-version
        with:
          pattern: 'tj-actions/sync-release-version@'
          paths: |
            README.md
 
      - name: Create Pull Request
        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
        with:
          base: "main"
          title: "Upgraded to ${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.new_version }}"
          branch: "upgrade-to-${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.new_version }}"
          commit-message: "Upgraded from ${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.old_version }} -> ${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.new_version }}"
          body: "View [CHANGES](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.old_version }}...${{ steps.sync-release-version.outputs.new_version }})"
          reviewers: "jackton1"

Example

Creating a new release v6.8 -> v7 using the recommended configuration above.

BEFORE

README.md

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Sync release version.
        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v6.8

AFTER

README.md

...
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Sync release version.
        uses: tj-actions/sync-release-version@v7

Inputs

INPUT	TYPE	REQUIRED	DEFAULT	DESCRIPTION
current_version	string	false		The current project version (Default: The last git tag).
new_version	string	false		The next project version (Default: The new git tag).
only_major	string	false	"false"	Only update the major version number.
paths	string	true		A list of file names to search and replace versions.
pattern	string	false		The pattern to match the location that needs to be updated.
strip_prefix	string	false		Prefix to strip from the tag. For example if strip_prefix is set to v and the tag is v1.0.0 the output becomes 1.0.0.

Outputs

OUTPUT	TYPE	DESCRIPTION
is_initial_release	string	Boolean indicating an initial release.
major_update	string	Boolean indicating a major version bump
new_version	string	The current project version
old_version	string	The previous project version

• Free software: MIT license

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Features

• Modifies files with an up to date version of your project based on each release tag.

Known Limitation

Important

• To ignore certain lines from getting updated ensure the version used doesn't match either the current or previous version.

Credits

This package was created with Cookiecutter.

Report Bugs

Report bugs at https://github.com/tj-actions/sync-release-version/issues.

If you are reporting a bug, please include:

• Your operating system name and version.
• Any details about your workflow that might be helpful in troubleshooting.
• Detailed steps to reproduce the bug.