From 3046faf3b3139146f7b8442c9639b719943ba8d4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Conor MacBride <conor@macbride.me>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2022 17:08:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add input for changing the Python version

---
 README.md  | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 action.yml |  7 ++++++-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9a93f3d..6bb9838 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -59,6 +59,25 @@ jobs:
           test_command: pytest --pyargs test_package
 ```
 
+## Custom Python version
+
+By default, the [`actions/setup-python`](https://github.com/actions/setup-python) action will install the latest Python 3 version for building and testing, however, the `OpenAstronomy/build-python-dist` action accepts a `python-version` string input to select a specific version,
+
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  build_sdist:
+    name: Build source distribution
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - id: build
+        uses: OpenAstronomy/build-python-dist@v1
+        with:
+          test_extras: test
+          test_command: pytest --pyargs test_package
+          python-version: '3.9'
+```
+
 ## Notes
 
 If you want to use the latest available version of this action instead
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
index 5238cc3..7fba7b3 100644
--- a/action.yml
+++ b/action.yml
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ inputs:
     required: false
     default: false
     type: string
+  python-version:
+    description: The Python version to use for building and testing
+    required: false
+    default: '3.x'
+    type: string
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -29,7 +34,7 @@ runs:
 
   - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
     with:
-      python-version: 3.x
+      python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
 
   - name: Install python-build and twine
     shell: bash