Upload Release Action

• Features
• Inputs
  • Permissions
• Outputs
• Examples
• Tags
• Support
• Contributing

Upload Files or Globs as Release Assets with Custom Names.

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    files: README.md

Features

• Upload Any File(s) or Glob(s) as Release Assets
• Automatically Detect the Release or Set Manually
• Option to Manually Set Asset File Name(s)

Inputs

You must provide files or globs or both.

Input	Default Value	Description of Input
globs	or files	File Glob(s)
files	or globs	File Path(s)
names	-	Asset File Name(s)
overwrite	false	Overwrite Existing Files
id	-	Optional Release ID
tag	-	Optional Release Tag
latest	false	Use Latest Release
summary	true	Add Summary to Job
token	${{ github.token }}	GitHub Access Token PAT 1

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    files: README.md

See the Examples for usage options.

Permissions

This action requires the following permissions:

permissions:
  contents: write

Permissions documentation for Workflows and Actions.

Outputs

Output	Description
assets	Assets Uploaded JSON

- name: 'Upload Release'
  id: release
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    files: README.md

- name: 'Echo Output'
  run: |
    echo "assets: ${{ steps.release.outputs.assets }}"

Examples

💡 Click on an example heading to expand or collapse the example.

With a file path.

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    files: dist/app.js

With a glob.

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    globs: dist/**

With multiple files or globs.

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    globs: |
      dist/**
      src/*.js
    files: |
      README.md
      package.json

With File Names.

- name: 'Upload Release'
  uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
  with:
    files: |
      README.md
      package.json
    names: |
      readme.txt
      package-spec.json

Full Workflow

name: 'Upload Release Action'

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  release:
    types: [published]

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  release:
    name: 'Release'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    timeout-minutes: 5

    steps:
      - name: 'Checkout'
        uses: actions/checkout@v5

      - name: 'Upload Release'
        id: release
        uses: cssnr/upload-release-action@v1
        with:
          files: README.md

      - name: 'Echo Output'
        run: |
          echo "assets: ${{ steps.release.outputs.assets }}"

For more examples, you can check out other projects using this action:
https://github.com/cssnr/upload-release-action/network/dependents

Tags

The following rolling tags are maintained.

Version Tag	Rolling	Bugs	Feat.	Name	Target	Example
	✅	✅	✅	Major	vN.x.x	vN
	✅	✅	❌	Minor	vN.N.x	vN.N
	❌	❌	❌	Micro	vN.N.N	vN.N.N

You can view the release notes for each version on the releases page.

The Major tag is recommended. It is the most up-to-date and always backwards compatible. Breaking changes would result in a Major version bump. At a minimum you should use a Minor tag.

Support

For general help or to request a feature, see:

• Q&A Discussion: https://github.com/cssnr/upload-release-action/discussions/categories/q-a
• Request a Feature: https://github.com/cssnr/upload-release-action/discussions/categories/feature-requests

If you are experiencing an issue/bug or getting unexpected results, you can:

• Report an Issue: https://github.com/cssnr/upload-release-action/issues
• Chat with us on Discord: https://discord.gg/wXy6m2X8wY
• Provide General Feedback: https://cssnr.github.io/feedback/

For more information, see the CSSNR SUPPORT.md.

Contributing

If you would like to submit a PR, please review the CONTRIBUTING.md.

Please consider making a donation to support the development of this project and additional open source projects.

Additionally, you can support other GitHub Actions I have published:

• Stack Deploy Action
• Portainer Stack Deploy Action
• Docker Context Action
• Actions Up Action
• VirusTotal Action
• Mirror Repository Action
• Update Version Tags Action
• Docker Tags Action
• Update JSON Value Action
• JSON Key Value Check Action
• Parse Issue Form Action
• Cloudflare Purge Cache Action
• Mozilla Addon Update Action
• Package Changelog Action
• NPM Outdated Check Action
• Label Creator Action
• Algolia Crawler Action
• Upload Release Action
• Check Build Action
• Web Request Action
• Get Commit Action

❔ Unpublished Actions

These actions are not published on the Marketplace, but may be useful.

• cssnr/create-files-action - Create various files from templates.
• cssnr/draft-release-action - Keep a draft release ready to publish.
• cssnr/env-json-action - Convert env file to json or vice versa.
• cssnr/push-artifacts-action - Sync files to a remote host with rsync.
• smashedr/update-release-notes-action - Update release notes.
• smashedr/combine-release-notes-action - Combine release notes.

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📝 Template Actions

These are basic action templates that I use for creating new actions.

• js-test-action - JavaScript
• ts-test-action - TypeScript
• py-test-action - Python (Dockerfile)
• docker-test-action - Docker (Image)

Note: The docker-test-action builds, runs and pushes images to GitHub Container Registry.

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For a full list of current projects visit: https://cssnr.github.io/

Footnotes

1. The ${{ github.token }} / {{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} is automatically passed, there is no need to manually pass these! This is only available to allow users to pass a different token they have created and defined in their secrets. ↩