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GitHub Action

Delete Older Releases

v0.2.1

Delete Older Releases

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Delete Older Releases

delete older releases of any repo

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Delete Older Releases

              
  uses: dev-drprasad/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in dev-drprasad/delete-older-releases

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GitHub Action: Delete older releases

This action deletes older releases of given repo

Add following step to your workflow:

- uses: dev-drprasad/[email protected]
  with:
    repo: <owner>/<repoName> # defaults to current repo
    keep_latest: 3
    delete_tag_pattern: beta # defaults to ""
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Available Options

keep_latest

required
true

Specifies number of latest releases (sorted by created_at) to keep. Pass 0 if you want to delete all releases

delete_tags

required default
false false

Specifies whether to delete tags associated to older releases or not. Older tags without any associated releases will not be deleted

repo

required default
false repo executing action

Repo name in the format of <owner>/<repoName>. Defaults to the repo that executing this action

delete_tag_pattern

required default
false empty string

Specifies a pattern to match. If not specified then every release will be targeted. If specified then every release containing the pattern will be targeted. Use this option for example to remove old beta releases.