dexwritescode/Release on merge action

Create a release on merge

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uses: dexwritescode/release-on-merge-action@a305bdc8992fcd03adb5f825cec9b3298fc6ca16 # v1.2.0

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

Inputs

name	description	required	default
version-increment-strategy	The version number to increment. Options major\|minor\|patch\|norelease	yes	patch
initial-version	The very first release version to create. The default Github tag will be v0.1.0	no	0.1.0
tag-prefix	Git tag prefix. Example the v in v1.2.3	no	v
body	Body text to prepend the auto generated body	no	""
generate-release-notes	Whether to generate release notes. Default true.	no	true
dry-run	Do not create a release, just log the oputput.	no	false
github-host	GitHub API host. Override for GitHub Enterprise (e.g. https://github.example.com/api/v3). Defaults to https://api.github.com.	no	https://api.github.com
prerelease	Create a pre-release instead of a stable release.	no	false
prerelease-identifier	Pre-release identifier appended to the version (e.g. "beta" produces v1.2.0-beta.1). Defaults to rc.	no	rc
use-label-strategy	Derive the increment strategy from PR labels instead of the version-increment-strategy input. Falls back to version-increment-strategy if no matching label is found.	no	false
label-major	PR label that triggers a major version bump.	no	release:major
label-minor	PR label that triggers a minor version bump.	no	release:minor
label-patch	PR label that triggers a patch version bump.	no	release:patch
label-skip	PR label that skips release creation.	no	release:skip

Outputs

name	description
version	The version number that will be created
tag	The version number that will be created prepended by the tag prefix