Get release or tag (SHA)

Github action to get the release tag if it exists, otherwise returns the commit id (SHA).

Supported runners: ubuntu, macos, windows

Usage

Basic

steps:
   - uses: actions/checkout@v3

   - id: tag
     uses: GuillaumeFalourd/get-release-or-tag@v2

   - name: TAG
     run: echo "TAG ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}"

With Docker images

This action can for example helps you get release docker images in a dev/prod pipeline. It will return the release name ($GITHUB_REF without refs/tags/) if the action is release otherwise it will return $GITHUB_SHA

name: Publish

on:
  release:
    types:
      - published

jobs:
  build_docker_image:
    name: Flyway
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - uses: GuillaumeFalourd/get-release-or-tag@v2
        id: tag

      - name: Build
        run: docker build src/flyway -t your.docker.repo/flyway:${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}

      - name: Push
        run: docker push your.docker.repo/flyway:${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}

Action Outputs

Field	How to access	Observation
tag	${{ steps.<step-id>.outputs.tag }}	Contains last release tag or SHA

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