YAML Replacement action

This action replace specific value in YAML file.

Motivation & Description

When you want to update a file cached in the browser, you change the URL of the file, like this:

<script src="production.min.js?ver=1"></script>

to

<script src="production.min.js?ver=2"></script>

The version number at the end of the URL is often managed in a YAML file. So, when you deploy your application, you need to update the version number from 1 to 2. This action updates the version number to the current date formatted as YYYYMMDDhhmm.

Inputs

yaml-file-path

Required The path to your YAML file that needs the replacement.

target-key

Required The key of the value that needs to be replaced in the YAML file.

need-push

If you need to push these changes, set true, default false

Notice You need to supply your Personal Access Token (PAT) which allows repository access to the checkout action. For example:

      - name: Checkout repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 
          token: ${{ secrets.MY_PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}

Example usage

uses: iisyos/yaml-replacement-action@v1
with:
  yaml-file-path: 'setting.yaml'
  target-key: 'step.revision'
  need-push: true

In the above example, the setting.yaml file should be in the following format:

step:
  revision: '202301011200' # <- replace