Release Asset Action

A GitHub action to add files to a release.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
file	The file to upload	Optional
files	A new line seperated list of files upload	Optional
pattern	Glob pattern of files to upload	Optional
github-token	The GitHub token used to create an authenticated client	Required
release-url	The target url for the release file uploads	Optional

There are two ways you can use this action:

• Trigger on a release (does not work with drafts)
• Chain it after another action that creates an release

If this release is triggered on a "release" event, the url can automatically be detected. However, if it is chained the release-url will need to be passed in from the previous steps.

Examples

Example on release event:

name: Release

on:
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: macOS-10.14
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
    - name: Build
      run: make
    - name: Upload asset to release
      uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v3
      with:
        file: my-release.zip
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
    - run: false

Example on tag event chained after another action:

name: Build and relase

on:
 push:
   tags:
     - 'v*'

jobs:
 build:
   runs-on: ubuntu-latest
   steps:
   - uses: actions/checkout@v1
   - name: Create Release
     id: create_release
     uses: actions/create-release@v1
     env:
       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
     with:
       tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
       release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
       body: Auto generated release
       draft: true
       prerelease: false
   - name: Build
     run: make
   - name: Upload Assets to Release with a wildcard
     uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v3
     with:
       pattern: "build/*"
       github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       release-url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}

Selecting the right files with this action to upload

To upload a single file add a step like the following your workflow:

    - name: Upload asset to release
      uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v3
      with:
        file: my-release.zip
        github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

You can also set files or pattern if you need to upload multiple files.

New line seperated list of files:

- name: Upload multiple assets to release
  uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v3
  with:
    files: |
      first.zip
      second.zip
      third.tar.gz
    github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Pattern to glob for files:

- name: Upload Assets to Release with a wildcard
  uses: csexton/release-asset-action@v3
  with:
    pattern: "build/*.zip"
    github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

License

MIT. See LICENSE for details.