Choose New Release Version

A Github Action to decide the new release version based on the merged branch name.

May be used on a merged pull request event to decide the next release version based on the merged branch name:

• Next version is a new Major if source branch starts with major/ or feature-major/.
• It's a new Minor if source branch starts with minor/, feature-minor/, or feature/.
• It's a new Patch if source branch starts with bugfix/ or hotfix/.

Examples

1. Latest version is 4.8.15 and source branch is major/new-backend-api:

   New release version is 5.0.0.

2. Latest version is 4.8.15 and source branch is minor/add-request-field:

   New release version is 4.9.15.

3. Latest version is 4.8.15 and source branch is bugfix/blue-screen:

   New release version is 4.8.16.

Usage

# On a closed pull request:
on:
  pull_request:
    types: [closed]
    branches: 
      - master

jobs:
  job-name:
    
    # Avoid pull requests that are closed but not merged:
    if: github.event.pull_request.merged
    
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:

      # This step is required:
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: 3.7

      - name: Choose new release version
        id: choose-release-version
        uses: reloc8/[email protected]
        with:
          source-branch: 'major/new-backend-api'
          latest-version: '4.8.15'

      - name: Test
        run: echo ${{ steps.choose-release-version.outputs.new-version }}