https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release

GitHub action to create a new GitHub release in your CI workflow
https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release

continuous-delivery continuous-deployment continuous-integration github-actions github-api release release-automation

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GitHub action to create a new GitHub release in your CI workflow

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release
• Owner: maxmilton
• License: mit
• Archived: true
• Created: 2021-06-16T13:09:03.000Z (almost 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-06-27T22:43:31.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-02-15T10:11:56.592Z (3 months ago)
• Topics: continuous-delivery, continuous-deployment, continuous-integration, github-actions, github-api, release, release-automation
• Language: JavaScript
• Homepage:
• Size: 1.75 MB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 1
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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Deprecation notice: Use the GitHub CLI tool instead. It's available on all GitHub-hosted runners.

```diff

-      - uses: maxmilton/action-create-release@v0

-        with:

-          files: |

-            chrome-extension.zip

-          git-tag: ${{ github.ref }}

-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

+      - run: gh release create "${{ github.ref_name }}" chrome-extension.zip --draft --generate-notes

+        shell: bash

+        env:

+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

```

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# action-create-release

A GitHub action to create a new GitHub release with optional asset files in your CI workflow.

## Usage

> NOTE: The `files` input currently only supports `.zip` files. Only valid relative or absolute paths are allowed and globs are not supported.

`.github/workflows/publish.yml`:

```yml

name: publish

on:

  push:

    tags: [v*.*.*]

jobs:

  publish:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    permissions:

      contents: write

    steps:

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4

        with:

          node-version: 20

      - run: npm ci

      - run: npm run build

      - run: npm run lint

      - run: npm run test

      - run: cd dist && zip ../chrome-extension.zip *

      - uses: maxmilton/action-create-release@v0

        with:

          files: |

            chrome-extension.zip

          git-tag: ${{ github.ref }}

          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

```

Also, see [this repo's `publish.yml` workflow](.github/workflows/publish.yml) for an example.

## Bugs

Please report any bugs you encounter on the [GitHub issue tracker](https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release/issues).

## Changelog

See [releases on GitHub](https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release/releases).

## License

MIT license. See [LICENSE](https://github.com/maxmilton/action-create-release/blob/master/LICENSE).

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