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Trigger Github Action only on new tags?

Is there a possibility to trigger a GitHub action only if a new version (which comes with a new tag) is pushed? I don't want run them on every push into master, but I also want to avoid creating a release branch.

Solution

  • Use the following syntax:

    on:
  push:
    # Pattern matched against refs/tags
    tags:        
      - '*'           # Push events to every tag not containing /

    For hierarchical tags:

    on:
  push:
    # Pattern matched against refs/tags
    tags:        
      - '**'           # Push events to every tag including hierarchical tags like v1.0/beta

    https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#patterns-to-match-branches-and-tags