This action updates major/minor release tags on a tag push. e.g. Update v1 and v1.2 tag when released v1.2.3. It can also be used to move the patch version up to the latest commit.

It works well for GitHub Action. ref: https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-actions#versioning-your-action

Optional. Existing tag to update from. Default comes from $GITHUB_REF.

Optional. Tag message. Default: Release $TAG

Optional. Create only major version tags. Default: false

Optional. Moves the existing tag to the latest commit inside the github action. Default: false. Useful when you want to use auto-changelog to automatically add a changelog to your release.

Optional. It's no need to specify it if you use checkout@v2. Required for checkout@v1 action.

name: Update Semver
on:
  push:
    branches-ignore:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
jobs:
  update-semver:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: rickstaa/action-update-semver@v1
        with:
          major_version_tag_only: true  # (optional, default is "false")

$ cat <<EOF > .github/workflows/update_semver.yml
name: Update Semver
on:
  push:
    branches-ignore:
      - '**'
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
jobs:
  update-semver:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - uses: rickstaa/action-update-semver@v1
        with:
          github_token: \${{ secrets.github_token }}
EOF

Feel free to open an issue if you have ideas on how to make this GitHub action better or if you want to report a bug! All contributions are welcome. 🚀 Please consult the contribution guideliness for more information.

This action is based on @haya14busa's update-major-minor-semver.