Adopt new previous_tag input from softprops/action-gh-release#372 .

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+version: 2
+updates:
+- package-ecosystem: npm
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
+  ignore:
+  - dependency-name: node-fetch
+    versions:
+    - ">=3.0.0"
+- package-ecosystem: github-actions
+  directory: "/"
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       # https://github.com/actions/checkout
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install
         run: npm ci
       - name: Build
@@ -23,4 +23,4 @@ jobs:
       #     git diff --exit-code --stat -- . ':!node_modules' \
       #     || (echo "##[error] found changed files after build. please 'npm run build && npm run fmt'" \
       #             "and check in all changes" \
-      #         && exit 1)
+      #         && exit 1)

.nvmrc

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+16.13.1

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## 0.1.15
+
+- Upgrade to action.yml declaration to node16 to address deprecations
+- Upgrade dependencies
 - Add `asset` output as a JSON array containing information about the uploaded assets
 
 ## 0.1.14

README.md

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
 ```
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -128,6 +128,8 @@ jobs:
 
 > **⚠️ Note:** Notice the `|` in the yaml syntax above ☝️. That let's you effectively declare a multi-line yaml string. You can learn more about multi-line yaml syntax [here](https://yaml-multiline.info)
 
+> **⚠️ Note for Windows:** Paths must use `/` as a separator, not `\`, as `\` is used to escape characters with special meaning in the pattern; for example, instead of specifying `D:\Foo.txt`, you must specify `D:/Foo.txt`. If you're using PowerShell, you can do this with `$Path = $Path -replace '\\','/'`
+
 ### 📝 External release notes
 
 Many systems exist that can help generate release notes for you. This action supports
@@ -144,7 +146,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Generate Changelog
         run: echo "# Good things have arrived" > ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
       - name: Release

__tests__/util.test.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import {
   parseConfig,
   parseInputFiles,
   unmatchedPatterns,
-  uploadUrl
+  uploadUrl,
 } from "../src/util";
 import * as assert from "assert";
 
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -71,7 +72,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -91,7 +93,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           // so we cover that in a test case here to ensure undefined values are actually
           // resolved as undefined and not empty strings
           INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "",
-          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: ""
+          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: "",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -124,15 +127,16 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
 
     it("parses basic config with commitish", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd"
+          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -149,14 +153,15 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd",
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
     it("supports discussion category names", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: "releases"
+          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: "releases",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -173,15 +178,16 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: "releases",
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
 
     it("supports generating release notes", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES: "true"
+          INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES: "true",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -198,7 +204,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: true
+          input_generate_release_notes: true,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -209,7 +216,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
           INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
           GITHUB_TOKEN: "env-token",
-          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token"
+          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -226,7 +233,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -235,7 +243,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
         parseConfig({
           INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
           INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
-          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token"
+          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -252,15 +260,16 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
     it("parses basic config with draft and prerelease", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
           INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
-          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true"
+          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -277,14 +286,15 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
     it("parses basic config with append_body", () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_APPEND_BODY: "true"
+          INPUT_APPEND_BODY: "true",
         }),
         {
           github_ref: "",
@@ -301,7 +311,8 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
-          input_generate_release_notes: false
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });

action.yml

@@ -43,6 +43,10 @@ inputs:
   generate_release_notes:
     description: "Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release. If name is specified, the specified name will be used; otherwise, a name will be automatically generated. If body is specified, the body will be pre-pended to the automatically generated notes."
     required: false
+  previous_tag:
+    description: "The tag name of the previous release. If not specified, the previous tag will be detected automatically."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
   append_body:
     description: "Append to existing body instead of overwriting it. Default is false."
     required: false
@@ -58,7 +62,7 @@ outputs:
   assets:
     description: "JSON array containing information about each uploaded asset, in the format given [here](https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#upload-a-release-asset--code-samples) (minus the `uploader` field)"
 runs:
-  using: "node12"
+  using: "node20"
   main: "dist/index.js"
 branding:
   color: "green"