Semver Info Action

Cleans, parses, and compares semantic versions, providing essential insights into versioning, stability, and compatibility, making software release management a breeze!

Features

• update Shields/Badges see ShieldsDemo

Usage

# RUNNER
- name: "Read Semver Info"
  id: "semver_info"
  uses: YunaBraska/semver-info-action@main

  # CONFIGS (Optional)
  with:
    semver-a: 'v1.2.3-rc.4'
    semver-b: 'v5.6.7-rc.8'
    fallBack-semver-a: '0.0.1'
    fallBack-semver-b: '0.0.1'
    increase-a: 'none'
    increase-b: 'none'

  # PRINT
- name: "Print Semver Info"
  run: |
    echo "clean_semver         [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.clean_semver }}]"
    echo "is_stable            [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.is_stable }}]"
    echo "is_valid_semver      [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.is_valid_semver }}]"
    echo "is_major_change      [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.is_major_change }}]"
    echo "is_a_greater_than_b  [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.is_greater_a }}]"
    echo "next_major           [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_major }}]"
    echo "next_major_a         [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_major_a }}]"
    echo "next_major_b         [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_major_b }}]"
    echo "next_minor           [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_minor }}]"
    echo "next_patch           [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_patch }}]"
    echo "next_rc              [${{ steps.semver_info.outputs.next_rc }}]"

Inputs

parameter	Example	Default	Description
semver-a	v1.2.3-rc.4	null	Semver A to process
semver-b	v5.6.7-rc.8	null	Semver B to process - will be compared against the first semver
fallBack-semver-a	0.0.1	null	The fallback version A in case version A is not valid
fallBack-semver-b	0.0.1	null	The fallback version B in case version B is not valid
increase-a	major	null	Increase version A before processing [major, minor, patch, rc]
increase-b	patch	null	Increase version B before processing [major, minor, patch, rc]
null-to-empty	true	true	Replaces null values with empty strings
use-version-txt	true	false	Overwrites input semver-b with the version from version.txt file - if the file exists and the version is valid

Outputs

Name	Example	Default	Description
clean_semver	5.6.7-rc.8	null	The cleaned and normalized version without any prefix (highest semver wins)
clean_semver_a	1.2.3-rc.4	null	The cleaned and normalized version A without any prefix
clean_semver_b	5.6.7-rc.8	null	The cleaned and normalized version B without any prefix
is_greater_a	false	false	Whether A is greater than B
is_smaller_a	true	false	Whether A is smaller than B
is_greater_b	true	false	Whether B is greater than A
is_smaller_b	false	false	Whether B is smaller than A
change_type	major	null	Diff A and B change [major, minor, patch, rc]
is_major_change	true	false	If diff A and B is a major change
is_minor_change	false	false	If diff A and B is a minor change
is_patch_change	false	false	If diff A and B is a patch change
is_rc_change	false	false	If diff A and B is a rc (release candidate) change
is_valid_semver	true	false	Whether the semver is valid (highest semver wins)
is_valid_semver_a	true	false	Whether semver A is valid
is_valid_semver_b	true	false	Whether semver B is valid
is_stable	false	false	Whether the version is stable (doesn't contain any pre-release tag) (highest semver wins)
is_stable_a	false	false	Whether version A is stable (doesn't contain any pre-release tag)
is_stable_b	false	false	Whether version B is stable (doesn't contain any pre-release tag)
major	5	null	The major version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
major_a	1	null	The major version of A
major_b	5	null	The major version of B
minor	6	null	The minor version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
minor_a	2	null	The minor version of A
minor_b	6	null	The minor version of B
patch	7	null	The patch version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
patch_a	3	null	The patch version of A
patch_b	7	null	The patch version of B
rc	8	null	The release candidate version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
rc_a	4	null	The release candidate version of A
rc_b	8	null	The release candidate version of B
rc_str	rc	null	The prefix of the release candidate version (highest semver wins)
rc_str_a	rc	null	The prefix of the release candidate version of A
rc_str_b	rc	null	The prefix of the release candidate version of B
next_major	6.0.0	null	The next major version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
next_major_a	2.0.0	null	The next major version of A
next_major_b	6.0.0	null	The next major version of B
next_minor	6.0.0	null	The next minor version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
next_minor_a	2.0.0	null	The next minor version of A
next_minor_b	6.0.0	null	The next minor version of B
next_patch	6.0.0	null	The next patch version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
next_patch_a	2.0.0	null	The next patch version of A
next_patch_b	6.0.0	null	The next patch version of B
next_rc	6.0.0	null	The next rc version of provided semver (highest semver wins)
next_rc_a	2.0.0	null	The next rc version of A
next_rc_b	6.0.0	null	The next rc version of B
original-semver-a	v1.2.3-rc.4	null	Semver A to process
original-semver-b	v5.6.7-rc.8	null	Semver B to process - will be compared with first semver
fallBack-semver-a	0.0.1	null	The fallback version A in case the original version A is not valid
fallBack-semver-b	0.0.1	null	The fallback version B in case the original version B is not valid
version_txt	1.2.3	null	semver from version file
version_txt_path	/project/version.txt	null	path of version file

[DEV] Setup Environment

• Build: npm run build to "compile" index.ts to ./lib/index.js
• Test: npm run test
• clean environment: ./clean_node.sh
• Hint: please do not remove the node modules as they are required for custom GitHub actions :(