GitHub Action - Write Version To File

This GitHub action writes the version information from a given variable into a file with a well known JSON structure. Once the file is written it will perform a commit to the repository with the changed version file.

Usage

Create a workflow .yml file in your .github/workflows directory. An example workflow is available below.

For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for Creating a workflow file

Inputs

• version: The version number to use.
• path: The path to the file within the repository.
• user-email: The email of the user that commits the version file.
• user-name: The name of the user that commits the version file.

For information on how GitHub actions tokens work, read more here.

Example Workflow

on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]

name: GitHub action workflow name

jobs:
  context:
    name: Job name
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Write version
        uses: woksin-org/write-version-to-file-action@v3
        with:
          version: '1.2.4'
          path: ./Source/version.json

Contributing

We're always open for contributions and bug fixes!