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GitHub Action: auto-release

This is an opinionated composite Github Action that implements a workflow based on the popular release-drafter action to automatically draft releases with release notes that are derived from PR descriptions as they are merged into the default branch. ```

Under default settings, auto-release will also cut a new release from the default branch after every merge into it. However, releases are not cut for merges of pull requests with a no-release label attached. In that case, the release notes are left as a draft and a release with all unreleased changes will be made the next time a pull request without the no-release label is merged into the default branch.

Usage​

Copy the .github/workflows/auto-release.yml and .github/auto-release-config.yml files from this repository into the corresponding folders of the repository to which you'd like to add Auto-release functionality. This will trigger the auto-release functionality every time merges are made into the default branch.

Quick Start​

Here's how to get started...

  1. Copy the .github/workflows/auto-release.yml github action workflow from this repository into the corresponding folder of the target repo
  2. Copy the .github/auto-release-config.yml auto-release config file from this repository into the corresponding folder of the target repo
  3. Customize the config file as desired, per the config documentation

Examples​

Here's a real world example: