Creating an Automated Release with GitHub Actions for a Minecraft Texture Repository

[vindocel]

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I am reaching out for help in creating an Action on GitHub.
As a designer, I have a public repository for a Minecraft texture, but I have limited knowledge of code. The repository includes 3 branches: 1.19.3, 1.19, and 1.18, each corresponding to a version of Minecraft. Additionally, there is an Alpha branch where I release updates before merging them with the other branches.

I am looking to automate the process using GitHub Actions. Specifically, when I merge any branch into the master branch (1.19.3), I want the Action to:

Create a new release
Add the following files within the zip: assets, pack.mcmeta, pack.png
Create a zip file for each branch: 1.19.3, 1.19, 1.18
Name the zip files as Dark-Everywhere and the corresponding branch name
Add a semantic versioning tag v0.0.0 greater than the previous tag
Add the build description as the titles and links of the commits made after the last build
Name the release as Dark Everywhere {generated tag}🌙
I have attempted to read through the documentation, but I am having difficulty implementing the Action. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As a designer, my expertise is in creating the texture, not in coding. Thank you for your attention.

release example
https://github.com/vindocel/Dark-Everywhere/releases/tag/v1.3.9

I found this that could help but I can't implement it
https://github.com/marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases

[jge162]

Good day to you @vindocel Here is some pseudocode-> (its up to you to finish) you can play with. It is not finished but a start for you. Aslo refer here for additonal help Github Actions

name: Release
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
env:
  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  FILE_NAME: "Dark-Everywhere"
  FILE_EXTENSION: ".zip"
  BRANCHES: "1.19.3,1.19,1.18"
  PACKAGE_NAME: "assets,pack.mcmeta,pack.png"
jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout code
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Create a release
      uses: actions/create-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        tag_name: "v${{ env.TAG_NAME }}"
        release_name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}🌙"
        draft: false
        prerelease: false
    - name: Generate a zip archive for each branch
      run: |
        for branch in $(echo $BRANCHES | tr "," "\\n"); do
          zip -r "$FILE_NAME-$branch$FILE_EXTENSION" $PACKAGE_NAME
        done
    - name: Upload files
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
      with:
        name: "$FILE_NAME-$branch$FILE_EXTENSION"
        path: "$FILE_NAME-$branch$FILE_EXTENSION"
    - name: Update release
      uses: actions/update-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        release_id: ${{ env.RELEASE_ID }}
        body: "Build description here"

[Trunghoang25]

that way it doesn't work either, to try to solve it I changed the dependency that generates the new release

ncipollo/release-action@v1

      - name: Upload Release
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "*.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

even after i changed the dependency that generates the release it just kept posting the last zip I came to the conclusion that the problem is in the dependency that creates the zip files, I think he can be rewriting each zip he does, leaving only the last one

Trunghoang25

[vindocel]

bringing updates, my suspicion was correct, apparently for some reason every time I checked out on a different branch all the previous process disappeared or was deleted I don't know for sure
I solved the problem by having each zip that I created sent to the release individually as a draft with the next one simply rewriting on top, that way I keep all the files in the final draft

I also added another dependency that posts new releases
which has the function of taking the title and description of the commit made and putting it in the release description

       - name: description
         uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           automatic_release_tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
           prerelease: false
           draft: true

the dependency ncipollo/release-action@v1
if you have it as a draft, it overwrites it on top of it, not generating another one

final code was like this, working exactly as I wanted

name: create archive
on:
  push:
    paths:
      - '**.txt'
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Get next version
        uses: reecetech/version-increment@2022.10.3
        id: version
        with:
          scheme: semver
          increment: patch

      - name: Archive 1.19.3 Branch Release
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.19.3.zip'
          directory: './'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: descricao
        uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest
        with:
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          automatic_release_tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          prerelease: false
          draft: true

      - name: Upload Release 1.19.3
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: true
          tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "Dark_Everywhere_1.19.3.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Archive 1.19 Branch Release
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: '1.19'

      - name: Zip 1.19 Branch
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.19.zip'
          directory: './'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: Upload Release 1.19
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: true
          tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "Dark_Everywhere_1.19.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Archive 1.18 Branch Release
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          ref: '1.18'

      - name: Zip 1.18 Branch
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.18.zip'
          directory: './'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: Upload Release 1.18
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: true
          tag: "${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "Dark_Everywhere_1.18.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

I don't know if this is the best way to do it but it's the only one that worked so far

[jge162]

Yo if it does what you need. Amen. Glad to hear

[vindocel]

I improved the code by 100% after I started generating new releases for testing I noticed that it happened to go 2 releases because they were executed in parallel so sometimes it wasn't successful, I thought of adding a sleep to resolve it until it resolved but I was thinking of a way to make it even better, that's where I thought of separating it into 3 works, one for each version of the texture, I studied the versioning dependency a little and saw that I could put current-version which just repeated the current tag, since it was not possible to pulling the tag generated in job1 because it had closed and finding a way to export this information would be complicated

final code was like this, for me now it's perfect
post the final result here in case someone who has these doubts and sees this discussion can solve their problem too

name: create archive
on:
  push:
    paths:
      - '**.txt'

jobs:
  texturepack1_19_3:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: checking branch 1.19.3🔍
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: New Version for tag🏷️
        uses: reecetech/version-increment@2022.10.3
        id: version
        with:
          scheme: semver
          increment: patch

      - name: Compressing texture from version 1.19.3📦
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.19.3.zip'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: description🧾
        uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest
        with:
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          automatic_release_tag: "v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          title: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          prerelease: false
          draft: false
      - name: 3 seconds of waiting time⏱️
        run: sleep 3

      - name: Uploading the Texture 1.19.3📤
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: false
          tag: "v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "*.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  texturepack1_19:
    needs: texturepack1_19_3
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: checking branch 1.19🔍
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: '1.19'

      - name: New Version for tag🏷️
        uses: reecetech/version-increment@2022.10.3
        id: version
        with:
          scheme: semver
          increment: patch

      - name: Compressing texture from version 1.19📦
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.19.zip'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: Uploading the Texture 1.19📤
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: false
          tag: "v${{ steps.version.outputs.current-version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.current-version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "*.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  texturepack1_18:
    needs: texturepack1_19
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - name: checking branch 1.18🔍
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          ref: '1.18'

      - name: New Version for tag🏷️
        uses: reecetech/version-increment@2022.10.3
        id: version
        with:
          scheme: semver
          increment: patch
          
      - name: Compressing texture from version 1.18📦
        uses: thedoctor0/zip-release@0.7.1
        with:
          type: 'zip'
          filename: 'Dark_Everywhere_1.18.zip'
          exclusions: '*.git* /*node_modules/* .editorconfig *.md pack_hd.png'

      - name: Uploading the Texture 1.18📤
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          allowUpdates: true
          draft: false
          tag: "v${{ steps.version.outputs.current-version }}"
          name: "Dark Everywhere ${{ steps.version.outputs.current-version }}🌙"
          artifacts: "*.zip"
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

[jge162]

Sweet. Good job