Add the support to release to a different repository

README.md

@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ A GitHub action to turn a GitHub project into a self-hosted Helm chart repo, usi
 - `mark_as_latest`: When you set this to `false`, it will mark the created GitHub release not as 'latest'.
 - `packages_with_index`: When you set this to `true`, it will upload chart packages directly into publishing branch.
 - `pages_branch`: Name of the branch to be used to push the index and artifacts. (default to: gh-pages but it is not set in the action it is a default value for the chart-releaser binary)
+- `owner`: The owner of the repository. This is used to create the GitHub release. If not set, the owner will be inferred from the repository URL.
+- `repo`: The name of the repository. This is used to create the GitHub release. If not set, the repository will be inferred from the repository URL.
+- `commit`: The commit sha or the branch to use for the release. If not set, the commit hash will be inferred from the GitHub Actions environment.
+- `workdir`: The working directory where the action will be executed. Useful if you have multiple repository checkouts in your workflow.
 
 ### Outputs
 

action.yml

@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ inputs:
   pages_branch:
     description: "Name of the branch to be used to push the index and artifacts. (default to: gh-pages but it is not set in the action it is a default value for the chart-releaser binary)"
     required: false
+  owner:
+    description: "Owner of the repository where to push the index and artifacts"
+    required: false
+  repo:
+    description: "Repository where to push the index and artifacts"
+    required: false
+  commit:
+    description: "Commit SHA or branch to use for the release"
+    required: false
+  workdir:
+    description: "The working directory to run the action in"
+    required: false
 outputs:
   changed_charts:
     description: "A comma-separated list of charts that were released on this run. Will be an empty string if no updates were detected, will be unset if `--skip_packaging` is used: in the latter case your custom packaging step is responsible for setting its own outputs if you need them."
@@ -69,8 +81,18 @@ runs:
   steps:
     - id: release
       run: |
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.workdir }}" ]]; then
+          cd "${{ inputs.workdir }}"
+        fi
+
         owner=$(cut -d '/' -f 1 <<< "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY")
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.owner }}" ]]; then
+          owners=${{ inputs.owner }}
+        fi
         repo=$(cut -d '/' -f 2 <<< "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY")
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.repo }}" ]]; then
+          repo=${{ inputs.repo }}
+        fi
 
         args=(--owner "$owner" --repo "$repo")
         args+=(--charts-dir "${{ inputs.charts_dir }}")
@@ -120,6 +142,12 @@ runs:
             args+=(--pages-branch "${{ inputs.pages_branch }}")
         fi
 
+        commit=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.commit }}" ]]; then
+            commit=${{ inputs.commit }}
+        fi
+        args+=(--commit "$commit")
+
         "$GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/cr.sh" "${args[@]}"
 
         if [[ -f changed_charts.txt ]]; then

cr.sh

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ Usage: $(basename "$0") <options>
         --skip-upload             Skip package upload, just create the release. Not needed in case of OCI upload.
     -l, --mark-as-latest          Mark the created GitHub release as 'latest' (default: true)
         --packages-with-index     Upload chart packages directly into publishing branch
+    -c, --commit                  Target commit or branch for the release (default: latest tag on HEAD)
 EOF
 }
 
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@ main() {
   local mark_as_latest=true
   local packages_with_index=false
   local pages_branch=
+  local commit=
 
   parse_command_line "$@"
 
@@ -218,6 +220,12 @@ parse_command_line() {
         shift
       fi
       ;;
+    -c | --commit)
+      if [[ -n "${2:-}" ]]; then
+        commit="$2"
+        shift
+      fi
+      ;;
     *)
       break
       ;;
@@ -315,7 +323,7 @@ package_chart() {
 }
 
 release_charts() {
-  local args=(-o "$owner" -r "$repo" -c "$(git rev-parse HEAD)")
+  local args=(-o "$owner" -r "$repo" -c "$commit")
   if [[ -n "$config" ]]; then
     args+=(--config "$config")
   fi