GitHub Action - Increment Version

This GitHub action increments a given version.

Pre requisites

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 (required): The version to increment
• release-type (required): The release type to increment the version with
• prerelease-identifier: The prerelease identifier to use when incrementing

Outputs

• previous-version: The inputted version
• next-version: The incremented version

Example Workflow

on:
  push:
    branches:
    - '**'
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]

name: Increment Version

jobs:
  context:
    name: Increment Version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Increment version
        uses: dolittle/increment-version-action@v2
        with:
          version: 2.0.0
          release-type: minor

Example Workflow - Increment to new minor prerelease

on:
  push:
    branches:
    - '**'
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]

name: Increment Version

jobs:
  context:
    name: Increment Version
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Increment version
        uses: dolittle/increment-version-action@v2
        with:
            version: 2.0.0
            release-type: preminor
            prerelease-identifier: alpha

Contributing

We're always open for contributions and bug fixes!

Pre requisites

• node <= 12
• yarn
• git