Request for @latest version with a subset of guaranteed inputs

[DanTheMan827]

I would like to request the introduction of a latest version for the action. This latest version should provide the core functionality with a subset of inputs that are guaranteed to be supported indefinitely, ensuring a stable and consistent usage of the action for workflows that utilize it.

My suggestion would be at minimum:

• repository
• ref
• path
• token
• lfs
• submodules

Implementing this feature will help users using the latest hosted workflow runners benefit from ongoing updates and improvements while maintaining a reliable set of inputs for their workflows. Thank you for considering this request.

[reneleonhardt]

Could you provide an example? latest isn't necessarily stable 😉

[DanTheMan827]

I don’t mean head of the main branch, but rather the newest tagged version of the action.

[reneleonhardt]

Okay, it will work most of the time, but as I said, not every stable tag is a release, it could be a pre-release (not yet officially released).

Examples to get the latest tag:
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/get-latest-tag
https://github.com/marketplace/actions/latest-tag
https://github.com/actions-ecosystem/action-get-latest-tag
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58177786/get-the-current-pushed-tag-in-github-actions

Here is a fresh stable tag for example, but it's a pre-release (for now):
https://github.com/nbonamy/witsy/releases/tag/v2.6.4
Under
https://github.com/nbonamy/witsy/releases
you can see that 2.6.3 is the latest release.