GitHub Actions
In this example a publish type
NPM_TOKEN is required to publish a package to the npm registry. GitHub Actions automatically populate a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable which can be used in Workflows.GitHub Actions support Workflows, allowing to run tests on multiple Node versions and publish a release only when all test pass.
The following is a minimal configuration for
semantic-release with a build running on the latest LTS version of Node when a new commit is pushed to a master branch. See Configuring a Workflow for additional configuration options.name: Release
on:
push:
branches:
- master
jobs:
release:
name: Release
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/[email protected]
with:
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Setup Node.js
uses: actions/setup-[email protected]
with:
node-version: "lts/*"
- name: Install dependencies
run: npm ci
- name: Release
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
run: npx semantic-release
Note: Automatically populated
GITHUB_TOKEN cannot be used if branch protection is enabled for the target branch. It is not advised to mitigate this limitation by overriding an automatically populated GITHUB_TOKEN variable with a Personal Access Tokens, as it poses a security risk. Since Secret Variables are available for Workflows triggered by any branch, it becomes a potential vector of attack, where a Workflow triggered from a non-protected branch can expose and use a token with elevated permissions, yielding branch protection insignificant. One can use Personal Access Tokens in trusted environments, where all developers should have the ability to perform administrative actions in the given repository and branch protection is enabled solely for convenience purposes, to remind about required reviews or CI checks.If the risk is acceptable, some extra configuration is needed. The actions/checkout
persist-credentials option needs to be false, otherwise the generated GITHUB_TOKEN will interfere with the custom one. Example:- name: Checkout
uses: actions/[email protected]
with:
fetch-depth: 0
persist-credentials: false # <--- this
Use
repository_dispatch event to have control on when to generate a release by making an HTTP request, e.g.:name: Release
on:
repository_dispatch:
types: [semantic-release]
jobs:
# ...
To trigger a release, call (with a Personal Access Tokens stored in
GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable):$ curl -v -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json" -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" https://api.github.com/repos/[org-name-or-username]/[repository]/dispatches -d '{ "event_type": "semantic-release" }'
If you'd like to use a GitHub app to manage this instead of creating a personal access token, you could consider using a project like:
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