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GitHub Action workflow configuration for keeping a direct download link to the latest version on your repo's readme
https://github.com/denvercoder1/readme-download-button-action
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GitHub Action workflow configuration for keeping a direct download link to the latest version on your repo's readme
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/denvercoder1/readme-download-button-action
- Owner: DenverCoder1
- License: mit
- Created: 2021-12-05T22:23:17.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2023-08-01T16:15:36.000Z (over 1 year ago)
- Last Synced: 2024-05-01T16:07:23.704Z (7 months ago)
- Topics: actions, actionshackathon21, github-workflow
- Homepage:
- Size: 18.6 KB
- Stars: 20
- Watchers: 2
- Forks: 37
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Readme Download Button Action
GitHub Action workflow configuration for keeping a direct download link of the latest version in your README.md file.
## Example
With a single click of the button below, a zip of this repository will start downloading.
[](https://github.com/DenverCoder1/readme-download-button-action/archive/1.0.2.zip)
The URL this button leads to is automatically updated on each release by this [workflow](.github/workflows/download-button.yml).
## Basic Usage
This workflow consists mainly of four parts:
- Checkout the latest version of the repo with [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout)
- Get the latest release with [InsonusK/get-latest-release](https://github.com/InsonusK/get-latest-release)
- Insert a download button for the latest version in the readme using a custom shell script
- Update the readme with [EndBug/add-and-commit](https://github.com/EndBug/add-and-commit)
### Step 1
Add the following snippet within your README.md file anywhere you want the button to appear:
```md
```
### Step 2
Create a workflow by placing the following in a `.yml` file in your `.github/workflows/` directory:
```yml
name: "Download Button Action"
on:
release:
types:
- published
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
release:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Get latest release
id: get-latest-release
uses: InsonusK/[email protected]
with:
myToken: ${{ github.token }}
view_top: 1
- name: Readme Download Button Action
env:
GITHUB_USER: "DenverCoder1"
REPO: "readme-download-button-action"
FORMAT: "zip"
VERSION: "${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}"
COLOR: "blue"
BEGIN_TAG: ""
END_TAG: ""
run: |
UPDATE=$(cat README.md | perl -0777 -pe 's#(${{ env.BEGIN_TAG }})(?:.|\n)*?(${{ env.END_TAG }})#${1}\n[](https://github.com/${{ env.GITHUB_USER }}/${{ env.REPO }}/archive/${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.FORMAT }})\n${2}#g')
echo "${UPDATE}" > README.md
- uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
with:
message: "docs(readme): Bump download button version to ${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}"
default_author: github_actions
branch: main
```
### Step 3
Update the variables in the `env` section of the `Readme Download Button Action` step to include your username and repo along with any configuration you want as described below in the [Options](#options) section.
## Options
In the `Readme Download Button Action` step of the workflow, the following environment variables must be set:
| Variable | Example | Description |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| `GITHUB_USER` | "DenverCoder1" | The GitHub username of the user who owns the repository |
| `REPO` | "readme-download-button-action" | The name of the repository |
| `FORMAT` | "zip", "tar.gz" | The file format to download (`zip` or `tar.gz`) |
| `VERSION` | "0.0.1", ``* | The tag name of the release |
| `COLOR` | "blue", "0088AA" | The color of the download button (name or hex code) |
| `BEGIN_TAG` | `` | The beginning tag of the download button |
| `END_TAG` | `` | The ending tag of the download button |
*For using the latest release, include the `get-latest-release` step and set `VERSION` to `${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}`
## Advanced Usage
This workflow can also be used in combination with other actions for automatically creating tags and releases in addition to updating the readme.
For example:
- Calculate the next version number based on the latest release with a shell script or an action for [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/)
- Create a tag with [tvdias/github-tagger](https://github.com/tvdias/github-tagger)
- Create a release with a changelog using [fregante/release-with-changelog](https://github.com/fregante/release-with-changelog)
```yml
name: "Automatic Release"
on:
push:
branches:
- master
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
release:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- name: Get latest release
id: get-latest-release
uses: InsonusK/[email protected]
with:
myToken: ${{ github.token }}
view_top: 1
- name: Get next tag
id: next-tag
run: |
prev_version=$(echo "${{ steps.get-latest-release.outputs.tag_name }}" | sed -E 's/\..*//g')
echo "Previous version: $((prev_version))"
echo "Next version: $((prev_version+1))"
echo "::set-output name=tag::$((prev_version+1)).0"
- name: Create tag
uses: tvdias/[email protected]
with:
repo-token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
tag: ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}
- uses: fregante/release-with-changelog@v3
id: release-with-changelog
with:
token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
exclude: '^meta|^docs|^document|^lint|^ci|^refactor|readme|workflow|bump|dependencies|yml|^v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+'
tag: ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}
title: 'Version ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}'
commit-template: '- {hash} {title}'
skip-on-empty: true
template: |
### Changelog
{commits}
{range}
- name: Delete tag if release skipped
if: ${{ steps.release-with-changelog.outputs.skipped == 'true' }}
run: |
git tag -d ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}
git push origin :refs/tags/${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}
- name: Readme Download Button Action
if: ${{ steps.release-with-changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
env:
GITHUB_USER: "DenverCoder1"
REPO: "readme-download-button-action"
FORMAT: "zip"
VERSION: "${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}"
COLOR: "blue"
BEGIN_TAG: ""
END_TAG: ""
run: |
UPDATE=$(cat README.md | perl -0777 -pe 's#(${{ env.BEGIN_TAG }})(?:.|\n)*?(${{ env.END_TAG }})#${1}\n[](https://github.com/${{ env.GITHUB_USER }}/${{ env.REPO }}/archive/${{ env.VERSION }}.${{ env.FORMAT }})\n${2}#g')
echo "${UPDATE}" > README.md
- uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v7
if: ${{ steps.release-with-changelog.outputs.skipped == 'false' }}
with:
message: 'docs: Bump version to ${{ steps.next-tag.outputs.tag }}'
default_author: github_actions
```
## License
This work is under an [MIT license](LICENSE)
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