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release version.](https://github.com/tj-actions/release-tagger/workflows/Update%20release%20version./badge.svg)](https://github.com/tj-actions/release-tagger/actions?query=workflow%3A%22Update+release+version.%22)\n[![Public workflows that use this action.](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fused-by.vercel.app%2Fapi%2Fgithub-actions%2Fused-by%3Faction%3Dtj-actions%2Frelease-tagger%26badge%3Dtrue)](https://github.com/search?o=desc\\\u0026q=tj-actions+release-tagger+path%3A.github%2Fworkflows+language%3AYAML\\\u0026s=\\\u0026type=Code)\n\n\u003c!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:START - Do not remove or modify this section --\u003e\n\n[![All Contributors](https://img.shields.io/badge/all_contributors-1-orange.svg?style=flat-square)](#contributors-)\n\n\u003c!-- ALL-CONTRIBUTORS-BADGE:END --\u003e\n\n## release-tagger\n\nAutomatically manage [Github action](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/creating-actions) releases by ensuring that a major release is always created or updated to point to the last minor/patch release.\n\n![Screen Shot 2022-09-20 at 11 13 54 PM](https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/17484350/191419709-d13f6d43-91af-4209-95de-9a88d4e70d86.png)\n\n## Usage\n\n\u003e \\[!IMPORTANT]\n\u003e\n\u003e *   Any single major version release decription would be overwritten by this action (i.e `v2`). In order to preserve the single major version release description you'll need to create a semantic version. 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