actions-marketplace-validations/GitHub slug

GitHub Action to expose slug values of branch/tag/version inside your GitHub workflow

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workflow.ymlSHA-pinned

uses: actions-marketplace-validations/gacts_github-slug@256c85f4658dcec739b12b467c3a96522384e36c # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-10

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

name	description	required	default
to-slug	Slugify this value (string)	no	—

name	description
slug	A slugged version of "to-slug" input (string)
is-branch	The workflow was triggered on a branch ("true"\|"false")
is-tag	The workflow was triggered on a tag ("true"\|"false")
branch-name	Current branch name ("feature/Fix-Something" for example; only for runs on a branch)
branch-name-slug	A slugged version of "branch-name" ("feature-fix-something" for example; only for runs on a branch)
tag-name	Current tag name ("Any-Tag" or "v1.2.3" for example; only for runs on tags)
tag-name-slug	A slugged version of "tag-name" ("any-tag" or "v1.2.3" for example; only for runs on a tag)
commit-hash	The commit SHA hash that triggered the workflow ("ffac537e6cbbf934b08745a378932722df287a53" for example)
commit-hash-short	Short (7 first characters) commit SHA hash ("ffac537" for example)
version	Cleared and slugged version value ("1.2.3-anything-else" for example). Prefix "v\|ver\|version" will be rejected. Available for builds on branches and tags (always non-empty)
version-major	Major version ("0" by default, "3" while build on tag/branch "3.02.998")
version-minor	Minor version ("0" by default, "2" while build on tag/branch "3.02.998")
version-patch	Patch version ("0" by default, "998" while build on tag/branch "3.02.998")
version-semantic	Semantic version value in format "MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH(-tag-suffix-or-branch-name)". Prefix "v\|ver\|version" will be rejected. Available for builds on branches and tags (always non-empty)