delete-old-releases.yml

name: Delete old releases
permissions: write-all
  
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      beforeDate:
        type: string
        required: true
        description: YYYY-MM-DD - All releases before this date are deleted.
        default: "2024-01-01"
        
jobs:
  delete-releases:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Delete releases
      run: |
        for i in $(gh release list --repo https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY --json createdAt,tagName --limit 1000  | jq --arg date $BEFORE_DATE '.[] | select(.createdAt < $date ) | .tagName' | tr -d '"'); do  gh release delete $i -y --cleanup-tag --repo https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY ;    done
        echo Deleted releases before $BEFORE_DATE in https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
      env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          BEFORE_DATE: ${{ inputs.beforeDate }}