publish-branch

Publish Branch Action

Releases the current working directory as a branch on GitHub, using the latest git tag.

Using SemVer, examples of release branches:

• release/next - prereleases
• release/v2.0.0-next.2 - exactly 2.0.0-next.2
• release/latest - latest stable
• release/v1 - all 1.x.x
• release/v1.1 - all 1.1.x
• release/v1.1.1 - exactly 1.1.1

If the latest git tag is v1.5.3, the following are created/updated:

• releases/latest
• releases/v1
• releases/v1.5
• releases/v1.5.3

If the latest git tag is v1.6.0-next.4 indicating a prerelease, the following are created/updated:

• releases/next
• releases/v1.6.0-next.4

It can also release to a fixed name branch, by setting the fixed_branch input.

Inputs

fixed_branch

If set, publish to a fixed branch. Useful for gh-pages or other systems which look for a specific branch.

release_version

Required The version to create release branches for.

release_branch_prefix

Required The prefix of any release branches. Default release.

gitignore

The contents to append to the existing .gitignore. This is useful to exclude patterns that are normally included in the .gitignore file, with the ! negation operator.