Next Version Action

This GitHub action calculates the next semantic version (major.minor.patch) based on the latest Git tag.

Usage

- name: Get next version
  id: get_version
  uses: danielboxer/next-version-action@v1
  with:
    # which part of the version to increment (major, minor, patch)
    increment: patch
    # optional: manually set a version instead of auto-incrementing
    version: null
    # optional: add "v" prefix to version
    use_v_prefix: null

- name: Create release
  uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
  with:
    # use the new version generated by this action
    tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.new_version }}

This action can be combined with workflow_dispatch inputs to create a GUI for automating releases more easily:

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      increment:
        description: "Which part of the version to increment"
        type: choice
        options:
          - major
          - minor
          - patch
        default: "patch"
        required: true

      version:
        description: "Override version increment"
        required: false

...
  
steps:
  - name: Get Next Version
    id: get_version
    uses: danielboxer/next-version-action@v1
    with:
      increment: ${{ github.event.inputs.increment }}
      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
      use_v_prefix: true

Notes

• If no previous tag exists, defaults to 0.1.0