This action automatically updates "running release" major and major.minor tags and GitHub releases.

The tag to use for generating the other tags.
If not set, the action will attempt to parse it from ${{github.ref}}.
If neither tag is set, nor ${{github.ref}} is a valid tag ref, the action throws an error.
Note that passing ${{github.ref}} directly to this input will not work!

The regex that is used to match allowed tag prefixes.
Default: 'v?'

The regex that is used to match allowed tag suffixes.
Default: ''

Whether the action should fail on non-semver compatible tags. If false, it simply writes a log messages and exists gracefully.
Default: false

Whether the major tag should be updated.
Default: true

Whether the major.minor tag should be updated.
Default: true

Whether the repository setup should be skipped (namely setting the user.name and user.email config parameters).
Default: false

Whether a corresponding GitHub release should be created.
Default: true

Whether to create the GitHub releases as draft.
Default: false

The title of the major release. The placeholder ${version} is replaced by the major tag name.
Default: '${version} Major Release Track'

The body of the major release. The placeholder ${version} is replaced by the major tag name.
Default: 'This release tracks the latest ${version} major release (${version}.x.y).'

The title of the minor release. The placeholder ${version} is replaced by the minor tag name.
Default: '${version} Minor Release Track'

The body of the minor release. The placeholder ${version} is replaced by the minor tag name.
Default: 'This release tracks the latest ${version} minor release (${version}.x).'

Whether to update the full release (for tag) to mark it as latest release.
This is useful if the release for tag should remain the "Latest Release" even though the major / minor releases tracks created by this action are actually created / updated after the initial release.
Default: false

The token with which to authenticate against GitHub. Only required if releases should be created. Can be set to ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}.

Use the following snippet to create a major and minor release for the tag 1.2.3:

uses: sersoft-gmbh/running-release-tags-action@v1
with:
  tag: 1.2.3
  github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}