version-for-publishing

This action generates a new dev version number for a git branch, e.g. 1-0-0 for all projects where the version is part of a json file, e.g. package.json.

It accepts a json file path and a branch name as input. No release magic or analyzing changelogs is happening. The main part of the version, e.g. 1.0.0 will not be touched.

What is happening

1. reads a json file - in general a package.json
2. check the version field in the json file
3. defaults to 1-0-0
4. provides the new version string as output of the action
5. Now you can do what you want, e.g. commit & push the changes, use it for a build step or anything else :)

Examples

Simple branch

1. there is a branch named develop and its base branch is main
2. the package.json version is 1.0.0
3. Using this action results in version 1-0-0-develop

Nested branches

1. there is a branch named parent and its base branch is main
2. now another branch child is based on parent
3. there is already a version in parent - 1.0.0-parent.1
4. Using this action for child results in version 1-0-0-child.1
5. The nesting is not represented in the version!

Branch names with /

1. there is a branch named feat/next-big-thing
2. Using this action for feat/next-big-thing results in version 1-0-0-next-big-thing.1

Main branch

1. there is a branch named main
2. the package.json version is 1.0.0
3. Using this action results in version 1-0-0

Inputs

• branch: The name of the branch to check if the current branch is main or a dev-branch. Default main.
• filePath: The json file path or file name where the version field is present. Default package.json.

Outputs

• version: The generated version number.

Example usage

uses: trendoid/version-for-publishing@0.1.7
with:
  branch: feat/version-for-publishing
  filePath: ./package.json