elgohr/github-release-action

Publish Github releases in an action

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github-release-action's Issues

hub: not found - exit code 127

Hi
I tried this action in my workflow this way:

      - name: Create a Release
        uses: elgohr/Github-Release-Action@v4
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
        with:
          title: "v/${{ steps.release.outputs.version }}"

When running it fails with

Run $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/entrypoint.sh
  $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/entrypoint.sh
  shell: /usr/bin/bash --noprofile --norc -e -o pipefail {0}
  env:
    CINEXT_PIPELINE: MajorRelease
    JAVA_HOME: /home/runner/actions-runner/_work/_tool/Java_Zulu_jdk/11.0.20-8/x64
    JAVA_HOME_11_X64: /home/runner/actions-runner/_work/_tool/Java_Zulu_jdk/11.0.20-8/x64
    GITHUB_TOKEN: 
    INPUT_TITLE: v/23.5.1
/home/runner/actions-runner/_work/_actions/elgohr/Github-Release-Action/v4/entrypoint.sh: 2: hub: not found
Error: Process completed with exit code 127.

Do I miss something or how can this be fixed ?

Help with workflow

Hello!

I am still new to GitHub actions and I would like to know how I can upload a built artifact.
I am trying to generate the correct version tags too.

https://github.com/1fxe/Recaf4Forge/blob/master/.github/workflows/release.yml

Maybe add more args such as release tag and binary path?

Any help would be appreciated.

How can I add files to the release?

How can I add files / attachments / binaries to the release?

This action doesn't work

This action doesn't work, or documentation are very bad.
I follow the example, and my log show me errors about token.

Current runner version: '2.163.1'
Prepare workflow directory
Prepare all required actions
Download action repository 'actions/checkout@v1'
Download action repository 'actions/setup-node@v1'
Download action repository 'elgohr/[email protected]'
##[error](Line: 8, Col: 17):
##[error](Line: 13, Col: 8):
##[error](Line: 8, Col: 17): Unrecognized named-value: 'secrets'. Located at position 1 within expression: secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN
##[error](Line: 13, Col: 8): Unrecognized named-value: 'inputs'. Located at position 1 within expression: inputs.release
##[error]Fail to load /home/runner/work/_actions/elgohr/Github-Release-Action/3.0/action.yml

Don't waste hours like me on this action use this one which works very well.

help: failed to run git: fatal: not a git repository (or any of the parent directories): .git

I'm just trying to replace: deprecated uses: actions/create-release@v1 with yours.

The relevant part:

  release:
    needs: check-test
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    steps:
      - name: Get current date
        id: date
        run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y.%-m.%-d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
        # run: echo "::set-output name=date::$(date +'%Y.%-m.%-d')"

      - name: Create tag
        # will only create a new release if the commit message is 'new_release' to master branch
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'new_tag')
        uses: actions/github-script@main
        with:
          # github-token: ${{ github.token }} # optional
          script: |
            github.git.createRef({
            owner: context.repo.owner,
            repo: context.repo.repo,
            ref: "refs/tags/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}",
            sha: context.sha
            })

      - name: Create Release
        # will only create a new release if the commit message is 'new_release' to master branch
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'new_release')
        id: create_release
        # uses: elgohr/Github-Release-Action@main
        uses: actions/create-release@main
        env:
          # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          # title: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
          tag_name: ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
          release_name: Release ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false

The commented lines are the one that still works but when I try Github-Release-Action I get this error:

Choose file path

Hi,

thanks for this actions!

Is it possible to choose the path of the files that will be included in release pack? To avoid pack the entire repo

Thanks!

[Q] Is it possible not to include source code in the release?

Is it possible not to include source code in the release?
I will be pushing artifacts later and the source code is not useful at that stage.

Need more documentation

This repository does not explain clearly what it does, and what the effect would be. For example, it should say that after it is triggered, a certain release will appear with a certain link. It also does not say if this release packages dependencies or not.

Unauthorized 401

I think I have not set something up correctly because I'm getting an unauthorized error.

This is my release.yml file:

name: Publish Release
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Create a Release
      uses: elgohr/Github-Release-Action@master
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
      with:
        args: MyReleaseMessage

and I get this error:

/usr/bin/docker run --name a33c1cd19ccebbd934c2ab4024de496df75fa_04351d --label 8a33c1
--workdir /github/workspace --rm -e GITHUB_TOKEN -e INPUT_ARGS -e INPUT_RELEASE -e HOME
-e GITHUB_JOB -e GITHUB_REF -e GITHUB_SHA -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER
-e GITHUB_RUN_ID -e GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER -e GITHUB_RETENTION_DAYS -e GITHUB_ACTOR
-e GITHUB_WORKFLOW -e GITHUB_HEAD_REF -e GITHUB_BASE_REF -e GITHUB_EVENT_NAME
-e GITHUB_SERVER_URL -e GITHUB_API_URL -e GITHUB_GRAPHQL_URL -e GITHUB_WORKSPACE
-e GITHUB_ACTION -e GITHUB_EVENT_PATH -e GITHUB_ACTION_REPOSITORY -e GITHUB_ACTION_REF
-e GITHUB_PATH -e GITHUB_ENV -e RUNNER_OS -e RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE -e RUNNER_TEMP
-e RUNNER_WORKSPACE -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_URL -e ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN -e ACTIONS_CACHE_URL
-e GITHUB_ACTIONS=true -e CI=true -v "/var/run/docker.sock":"/var/run/docker.sock"
-v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_home":"/github/home"
-v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_github_workflow":"/github/workflow"
-v "/home/runner/work/_temp/_runner_file_commands":"/github/file_commands"
-v "/home/runner/work/PyDV/PyDV":"/github/workspace" 8a33c1:cd19ccebbd934c2ab4024de496df75fa MyReleaseMessage
Error creating release: Unauthorized (HTTP 401)
Bad credentials
github.com username: github.com password for  (never stored): 

I'm new with using github actions and would greatly appreciate any direction.

Release Loop

Hi! When pushing a release, (my args are RELEASE), it automatically creates a new release action, again. It does not stop unless I manually stop it. Maybe make an option for tag name so it's separate from the ARG?

github.com username: github.com password for (never stored):

I'm using SSO with a self created GITHUB API token and when I run a release I get the following error? (Github.com)

How Can I have name of tag for args?

name: Publish Release
on: [push]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@master
    - name: Create a Release
      uses: elgohr/Github-Release-Action@master
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
      with:
        args: MyReleaseMessage

Say the name of the tag is v0.001
I want that to be args
How to do that?
It seems Environment variables can't be used

How to not run tests on release?

Hi,

I am using Maven, and I have the same setup as you. How can I publish without running tests?

The issue with Maven, as I do mvn package, I do testing, even if I exclude tests from there, why would I want to make "double-run" of tests?

How can I exclude run from test GitHub Actions when publishing release?

Thank you in advance!