Check that the version in README is latest

Doesn't it bother you when the example in the README file does not contain the latest version of the GitHub action and you have to fix it by hand? Well, no more! Well, a little more: you will still have to fix it by hand, but this action with check if the example in the README of your github action actually contains the latest tagged version.

To use it, just add this step and trigger:

name: Check correct version
on:
    push:
        paths:
          - README.md

jobs:
  check_v_in_example:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: Test version
    steps:
    - name: Check version
      uses: JJ/github-action-check-version-in-readme-is-latest@v3

This will only trigger when either the README.md file is modified, or a new tag is added.

How it works

This is a fatpacked Perl script that runs from the directory the action is downloaded. You want to make some changes, work on the action.src.pl file and then run make to fatpack it.

Version history

• v1: First release. It didn't actually work.
• v2: Second release. It does work
• v3: This time it really works.

License

(c) JJ Merelo 2024, released under the GPL V3 license.