0xmax42/Auto Changelog & Release

One-stop composite action for version-bump detection, changelog generation, and host-aware Gitea or GitHub releases.

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uses: 0xmax42/auto-changelog-release-action@3fefcfcb40cd0181516b94bd73653d9eeaaffb13 # v2.0.9

tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?

name	description	required	default
token	Explicit Gitea or GitHub token for release publication.	no	""
author_name	Commit-Autorname	no	""
author_email	Commit-Autore-Mail	no	""
allow_non_main_release	Allow publishing releases from branches other than 'main'.	no	false
version_file	File that contains the project version (Single Source of Truth).	no	VERSION
version_regex	Regular expression used to extract the version from version_file. If empty, a sensible default is chosen based on the file name.	no	^(.*)$
github_sha_override	Override for the GitHub SHA used to determine the commit range for version bump detection. Useful for testing or non-standard workflows. If empty, the triggering commit SHA is used.	no	""
major_patterns	New-line-separated list of regex patterns to identify major version bumps from commit messages. If empty, no major version bumps will be detected.	no	""
minor_patterns	New-line-separated list of regex patterns to identify minor version bumps from commit messages. If empty, no minor version bumps will be detected.	no	""
patch_patterns	New-line-separated list of regex patterns to identify patch version bumps from commit messages. If empty, no patch version bumps will be detected.	no	""
git_cliff_offline	Run git-cliff without fetching remote metadata.	no	true
trigger_release_workflows	Allow the published release to trigger release workflows. Currently effective on Gitea hosts supporting the trigger_workflows release API option.	no	false

name	description
release_created	Whether this run created a remote release.
release_prerelease	Whether the release for this run was marked as a prerelease.
release_tag	The release tag derived from the resolved version.