Get version from tag

Get version number from GitHub release tag which can be used for e.g., versioning packages of your solution.

Usage

Here's example full Release YAML you can use:

name: Release

on:
  release:
    types:
      - edited
      - released

jobs:
  Release:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
    - id: get_version
      name: Get version
      uses: jannemattila/get-version-from-tag@v3

    - name: Display version
      run: |
        VERSION=$(echo "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}")
        echo $VERSION

If you then create new GitHub Release with tag v0.0.1-demo.1 then above get_version will provide output value in version which you can use in follow-up actions. Task will remove prefix v if one is provided in the tag name.

Examples tag names and outputs:

Tag name	Version output
v1.2.3	1.2.3
2.3.4	2.3.4
v0.0.1-preview.1	0.0.1-preview.1