test-latest-tag.yml

name: Test Get Latest Tag

on:
  workflow_dispatch:

env:
  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Check out code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0 # required for github-action-get-previous-tag

      # Step 1: request upstream releases from github api using fjogeleit/http-request-action
      - name: Obtain latest upstream release tag
      # don't omit the step ID, it's used later to access the api response
        id: upstream_releases
        uses: fjogeleit/http-request-action@v1
        with:
          url: "https://api.github.com/repos/NicholasFlamy/snapenhance-no-root-patch/releases/latest"
          method: 'GET'
      # Step 2: since the branch name is different than the latest release tag the REGEX will select the correct branch
      - name: REGEX the release tag
        id: previoustag
        uses: frabert/replace-string-action@v2
        with:
          pattern: '(v(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+)\.(\d+))'
          string: ${{ fromJson(steps.upstream_releases.outputs.response).tag_name }}
          replace-with: '$1'

      - name: Echo release name
        run: |
          echo ${{ steps.previoustag.outputs.replaced }}