set-csproj-version

GitHub Action to set the current version to a dotnet .csproj project file. Places the set version into a context variable for later reference.

Usage

In a GitHub Workflow that runs after pushing a tag:

name: Auto-version on tag

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          token: $ {{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Set version
        id: package_version
        uses: KageKirin/set-csproj-version@latest
        with:
          file: src/a_project.csproj
          version: ${{ github.ref_name }}

      - name: Commit new version
        run: |
          git commit -am "CI: set version to ${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}"
          git tag -m "CI: create new tag" v${{ steps.package_version.outputs.version }}
          git push --follow-tags

Inputs

file

This represents the path to the .csproj to retrieve the version number from.

regex

This is the Regular Expression used to verify the version. It defaults to an equivalent of major.minor.patch and requires all 3 integers to be present.

xpath

This is the XPath locator for the Version element. It defaults to //PropertyGroup/Version.

version (input)

This is the version string to write into the package. It must match the provided regex format.

Outputs

version

This the version string as retrieved from the package.json after writing to the file.

Errors

The action will fail if:

• it can't open the file
• it fails to retrieve the <Version> element
  • note that a newly created project does not contain any <Version> tag.
• the version string does not match the provided regex