actions-marketplace-validations/Get Latest Release For a Repo
Get the latest release from another repository and output that for use in other actions
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- Maintenance Recency
- Stalelast commit Dec 6, 2022
- License
- MIT
- Runtime
- Deprecated runtime
Pinned Snippet
uses: actions-marketplace-validations/jmir1_github-action-get-latest-release@b60fb3b9c03cda74223ab1a060a06ac314ba179e # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-10tags can be moved; commit SHAs can't. why a SHA?
Inputs
| name | description | required | default |
|---|---|---|---|
| myToken | GitHub Token | yes | — |
| owner | The Github user or organization that owns the repository | no | — |
| repo | The repository name | no | — |
| repository | The repository name in full | no | — |
| excludes | Types of releases to exclude (e.g. pre-release) | no | — |
Outputs
| name | description |
|---|---|
| release | Latest release name |
| id | Latest release ID |