release-nexus-staging-repo Github Action

This action closes an existing staged repository, and if the sonatype process ends by closing the staged repository properly it will release the artifacts on Maven Central.

How to use it

Here is an example of how to use this action in your workflows.

on: [push]

jobs:
  create_staging_repository:
    #...
  build:
    needs: create_staging_repository
    # ...
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [create_staging_repository, build]
    if: ${{ always() && needs.build.result == 'success' }}
    steps:
      - name: Release
        # replace '@main' with the latest commit sha, see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/security-guides/security-hardening-for-github-actions#using-third-party-actions
        uses: nexus-actions/release-nexus-staging-repo@main 
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
          staging_repository_id: ${{ needs.create_staging_repository.outputs.repository-id }}
          [description]: Closed ${{ github.repository }}#${{ github.run_number }}
          [close_only]: 'true'

The different arguments are:

• username: Your Sonatype username, same the Sonatype Jira one
• password: Your Sonatype password, same the Sonatype Jira one
• staging_repository_id: The ID of the staged repository to drop.
• description: The description to use for the closed repository. Defaults to "Closed by Github Actions".
• base_url: The url of your nexus repository, default to OSSRH (https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/)
• close_only: This option disable the auto-release process, default is 'false'

See the nexus-actions-demo repo for more details and use cases.

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This action is brought to you by ...

• Martin Bonnin from Apollo GraphQL
• Romain Boisselle from Kodein Koders