get-csproj-version-fork

GitHub Action to retrieve the current version from a dotnet .csproj project file. Places the retrieved version into a context variable for later reference.

Usage

In a GitHub Workflow that runs after merging a Pull Request:

name: Auto-tag on merged PR

on:
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
    types: [closed]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Get version
        id: package_version
        uses: MWin10/get-csproj-version-fork@latest
        with:
          file: src/a_project.csproj

      - name: Create tag
        run: |
          git tag -m "CI: create new tag" v${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
          git push --follow-tags

Inputs

file

This represents the path to the .csproj to retrieve the version number from.

regex

This is the Regular Expression used to verify the version. It defaults to an equivalent of major.minor.patch and requires all 3 integers to be present.

xpath

This is the XPath locator for the Version element. It defaults to //PropertyGroup/Version.

Outputs

version

This the version string as retrieved from the package.json.

Errors

The action will fail if:

• it can't open the file
• it fails to retrieve the <Version> element
  • note that a newly created project does not contain any <Version> tag.
• the version string does not match the provided regex