feat: Add input to set the tag name for the latest release

action.yml

@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ inputs:
     default: 'false'
   git-tag-suffix:
     description: A value append to the git tags.
+  latest-tag-name:
+    description: The tag used to track the latest commit on the release branch.
+    default: latest
   major-types:
     description: A comma-separated list of conventional commit types that trigger a major version change.
   minor-types:

src/core/getInputs.test.ts

@@ -148,6 +148,20 @@ describe(getInputs.name, () => {
     });
   });
 
+  describe('latestTagName', () => {
+    it('Should return the default "latest-tag-name" if it is not provided', () => {
+      lookup['latest-tag-name'] = '';
+      const actual = getInputs(getters).latestTagName;
+      expect(actual).toStrictEqual('latest');
+    });
+
+    it('Should return the provided "latest-tag-name"', () => {
+      lookup['latest-tag-name'] = '<latestTagName>';
+      const actual = getInputs(getters).latestTagName;
+      expect(actual).toStrictEqual('<latestTagName>');
+    });
+  });
+
   describe('majorTypes', () => {
     it('Should return an empty list of no major types are provided', () => {
       lookup['major-types'] = '';

src/core/getInputs.ts

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ export function getInputs(getters: Getters = core) {
     getReleaseTitleFromPr: getters.getBooleanInput('get-release-title-from-pr'),
     githubToken: getters.getInput('github-token', { required: true }),
     gitTagSuffix: getters.getInput('git-tag-suffix'),
+    latestTagName: getters.getInput('latest-tag-name') || 'latest',
     majorTypes: getters.getInput('major-types').split(',').filter(Boolean),
     minorTypes: (getters.getInput('minor-types') || 'feat').split(',').filter(Boolean),
     releaseBranch: getters.getInput('release-branch') || 'release',

src/main.ts

@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export async function run() {
     }
 
     /* Push the git changes */
-    const releaseTags = ['latest', newTag, newTagMinor, newTagMajor];
+    const releaseTags = [inputs.latestTagName, newTag, newTagMinor, newTagMajor];
     if (inputs.dryRun) {
       core.info(`DRY RUN: Push the new commit to ${JSON.stringify({ remote, branch: inputs.releaseBranch })}`);
       if (inputs.enableGitTagging) {