Get Latest Release

A simple Github action to get the latest release from another repository. No authentication required.

Configuration

Example Repository - https://github.com/step-security/github-action-get-latest-release

Inputs

Name	Description	Example
owner	The Github user or organization that owns the repository	step-security
repo	The repository name	github-action-get-latest-release

or

Name	Description	Example
repository	The repository name in full	step-security/github-action-get-latest-release

Additional Inputs (Optional)

Name	Description	Example
excludes	Exclude draft or pre-release versions.	"prerelease, draft"
token	GitHub token or personal access token	${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} or ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}

Using the GITHUB_TOKEN will avoid the action "failing due to hitting API rate limits" from the IP address of the GitHub runner your action is running on. Using a PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN is required to get the release information from a private repo. You can read about how to create a personal access token here and how to add this as a repository secret here.

Outputs

Name	Description	Example
release	The latest release version tag	v0.3.0
id	The latest release version id	12345
description	The latest release description body	This is an example release

Usage Example

name: Build Docker Images
on: [push, repository_dispatch]

jobs:
  build:
    name: RedisTimeSeries
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - id: keydb
        uses: step-security/github-action-get-latest-release@v0
        with:
          owner: step-security
          repo: github-action-get-latest-release
          excludes: prerelease, draft
      - id: timeseries
        uses: step-security/github-action-get-latest-release@v0
        with:
          repository: step-security/github-action-get-latest-release
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
        with:
          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
          repository: step-security/github-action-get-latest-release
          dockerfile: timeseries.dockerfile
          build_args: KEY_DB_VERSION=${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }}, REDIS_TIME_SERIES_VERSION=${{ steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}
          tags: latest, ${{ steps.keydb.outputs.release }}_${{ steps.timeseries.outputs.release }}

To use the current repo:

with:
  repository: ${{ github.repository }}

To use authentication token:

with:
  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}