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GitHub Action

Get current git tag

v1.0.3 Latest version

Get current git tag

tag

Get current git tag

Get tag name from GITHUB_REF environment variable

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Get current git tag

uses: devops-actions/action-get-tag@v1.0.3

Learn more about this action in devops-actions/action-get-tag

Choose a version

Forked from dawidd6/action-get-tag which has been an archived repo that I was relying on. Updated to fix issue with set-output (Deprecated).

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Get tag GitHub Action

Simple Action that have only one responsibility - output tag name (parsed from GITHUB_REF environment variable).

Usage

Should be used only when actual tag is pushed, otherwise the Action will exit with an error.

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'
- name: Get tag
  id: tag
  uses: devops-actions/action-get-tag@v1.0.3
  with:
    strip_v: true # Optional: Remove 'v' character from version
    default: v0.0.0 # Optional: Default version when tag not found

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