Create Branch from a Specific Tag

This action creates a new branch from a specific tag.

Introduction

This action creates a new branch from a specific tag.

This is a fork of satya-500's create a branch from a tag action

Usage

create branch from tag

- name: creating rc branch
  uses: cloudposse-github-actions/[email protected]
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  with:
    branch: release
    tag: tags/v0.0.7

create branch from specific ref (branch)

- name: creating rc branch
  uses: cloudposse-github-actions/[email protected]
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  with:
    branch: release
    tag: test

Full Job Example (Workflow Dispatch as a shared reusable workflow)

on:
  workflow_call:
    inputs:
      runs-on:
        description: "The runner labels on which jobs should run on"
        required: false
        type: string
        default: '["self-hosted"]'
      organization:
        description: "Repository owner organization (e.g. 'acme' for repo acme/example)"
        required: true
        type: string
      repository:
        description: "Repository name (e.g. 'example' for repo acme/example)"
        required: true
        type: string
      tag:
        description: "The semantic version tag of the release (e.g. 'v1.1.0')"
        required: true
        type: string
    outputs:
      branch-name:
        description: "Branch name"
        value: ${{ jobs.create-branch.outputs.branch-name }}

permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: write 

jobs:
  create-branch:
    name: build
    runs-on: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.runs-on) }}
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
  
      - name: Parse Semver
        id: parse-semver
        uses: booxmedialtd/ws-action-parse-semver@v1
        with:
          input_string: ${{ inputs.tag }}

      - name: Create Release Branch 
        uses: cloudposse-github-actions/create-branch-from-tag@main
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          # The following can easily just be 'release/${{ inputs.tag }}', however it is left as is
          # in case the tag needs to be manipulated. For example:
          # 'release/${{ steps.parse-semver.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.parse-semver.outputs.minor }}.x'
          branch: release/${{ steps.parse-semver.outputs.fullversion }}
          from: tags/${{ inputs.tag }}

Inputs

Name	Description	Default	Required
branch	The branch to create	release	false
from	Provide the tag number ex:- v0.0.7 or branch name i.e develop	N/A	true

Related Projects

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✨ Contributing

This project is under active development, and we encourage contributions from our community.

For 🐛 bug reports & feature requests, please use the issue tracker.

In general, PRs are welcome. We follow the typical "fork-and-pull" Git workflow.

1. Review our Code of Conduct and Contributor Guidelines.
2. Fork the repo on GitHub
3. Clone the project to your own machine
4. Commit changes to your own branch
5. Push your work back up to your fork
6. Submit a Pull Request so that we can review your changes

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