actions-marketplace-validations/Update .NET SDK

Attempts to update the version of the .NET SDK used by the repository's global.json file.

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Maintenance Recency: Activelast commit Feb 9, 2026
License: Apache 2.0

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uses: actions-marketplace-validations/martincostello_update-dotnet-sdk@3bf559cdc4dc8b6c6959c5466bd2c96ba7b892fc # no releases — HEAD as of 2026-07-13

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

Inputs

name	description	required	default
repo-token	The GitHub access token to use to create a Pull Request for any SDK update to the repository.	yes	—
branch-name	The optional Git branch name to use.	no	""
channel	The optional .NET release channel to download the SDK for (2.1, 3.1, 5.0, etc.).	no	""
close-superseded	If true, any existing pull requests superseded by any pull request opened by the action are closed.	no	true
commit-message	The optional Git commit message to use.	no	""
commit-message-prefix	The optional Git commit message prefix to use if commit-message is not specified.	no	""
generate-step-summary	If true, will output a summary of any .NET SDK update to $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY.	no	true
global-json-file	The optional path to the global.json file to update.	no	./global.json
labels	The optional comma-separated label(s) to apply to Pull Requests generated by the action.	no	""
prerelease-label	The optional pre-release label to restrict SDK updates to if a quality is specified.	no	""
repo	The optional GitHub repository to generate the pull request against.	no	${{ github.repository }}
security-only	If true, .NET SDK updates which do not contain security fixes are ignored.	no	false
quality	The optional value to specify using the latest build of the specified quality in the channel.	no	""
user-email	The optional email address to use for the Git commit.	no	github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
user-name	The optional user name to use for the Git commit.	no	github-actions[bot]
dry-run	If true, the action will not push changes to GitHub.	no	false

Outputs

name	description
aspnetcore-version	The version of the ASP.NET Core runtime associated with the updated .NET SDK.
branch-name	The name of the Git branch associated with the Pull Request created by the action if the .NET SDK is updated.
pull-request-number	The number of the Pull Request created by the action if the .NET SDK is updated.
pull-request-html-url	The HTML URL of the Pull Request created by the action if the .NET SDK is updated.
pull-requests-closed	A JSON array of the numbers of any pull requests that were closed as superseded.
sdk-updated	Whether the .NET SDK was updated by the action.
sdk-version	The latest version of the .NET SDK for the specified channel when the action completed.
runtime-version	The version of the .NET runtime associated with the updated .NET SDK.
security	Whether any .NET SDK update includes security fixes.
windows-desktop-version	The version of the Windows Desktop runtime associated with the updated .NET SDK.