This is a highly specialized fork from go-semantic-release/action.

This fork addresses the the problem of updating the version number before creating a build so the new release has the new release version. This is useful when you create something like a version subcommand for your cli (recall git version). When a new release is created, the version has to be incremented and only then the release has to be created so that the cli has access the the updated version number. This actions takes the following steps:

1. Create a dry release and check if new release would be created.
2. Exit if no new release is to be created.
3. If new release is to be created, create .version file. Add/Commit/Push changes to the git.
4. Create an actual release.

This action runs the goreleaser hook by default. There's not much customization you can do using this hook. It allows you to run custom command between the dry-release and the actual release. You can do so by passing the input to the key pre-release-post-dry-cmd. Also, see the example CI below and check action.yml for the inputs and outputs.

Example workflow

./github/workflow/ci.yml

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - '**'
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - '**'
jobs:
  lint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: '1.21'
      - uses: golangci/golangci-lint-action@v3
        with:
          args: --timeout=5m
  test:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: lint
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
        with:
          go-version: 1.21
      - run: go test -v ./...
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: test
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: actions/setup-go@v3
        with:
          go-version: 1.21
      - uses: sumanchapai/go-semantic-release-action@V1
        with:
          pre-release-post-dry-cmd: "go generate ./..."
          files-to-commit: "cmd/.version"
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}