GitHub manual release trigger

The following is a quick recipe for a manual release trigger using GitHub actions.

name: manual
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      branch:
        description: 'Branch to release from'     
        required: true
        default: 'warning'
      version:
        description: 'Version to release'
        required: true
        default: 'warning'
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout sources
      uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        token: ${{ secrets.GIT_PASSWORD }}
    - name: Release from given branch with given version
      run: |
        git fetch --no-tags --prune --depth=1 origin +refs/heads/*:refs/remotes/origin/*
        TAG=${GITHUB_REF}
        VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
        BRANCH=${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
        echo "Releasing $VERSION from $BRANCH branch"
        git checkout $BRANCH
        git checkout -b release
        mvn -B versions:set versions:commit -DnewVersion=$VERSION
        git config --global user.email "noreply@noreply.com"
        git config --global user.name "Automated release"
        git commit -a -m "Releasing version $VERSION"
        git tag v$VERSION -f
        git push origin v$VERSION -f
        git checkout $BRANCH
        git branch -D release
        git push origin :${TAG}
        

Adjust the username and the email address in the 2 git config commands. Add the GIT_PASSWORD secret as a secret to your GitHub account (note this should be a personal access token that is allowed to push to your GitHub repository).

Posted June 30th, 2021

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