Allow for setting explicit release_name (fixes #14)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
             ...context.repo,
             tag: "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}",
           })
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.name, "ci-test-${{ matrix.os }}")
           assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.prerelease, true)
           assert.deepStrictEqual(release.data.body, "rofl lol test")
           const actual = child_process.execSync(`curl -Ls ${release.data.assets[0].browser_download_url}`)

README.md

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ Optional Arguments
 - `file_glob`: If set to true, the file argument can be a glob pattern (`asset_name` is ignored in this case) (Default: `false`)
 - `overwrite`: If an asset with the same name already exists, overwrite it (Default: `false`).
 - `prerelease`: Mark the release as a pre-release (Default: `false`).
+- `release_name`: Explicitly set a release name. (Defaults: same as `tag`).
 - `body`: Content of the release text (Defaut: `""`).
 
 ## Output variables

action.yml

@@ -21,9 +21,11 @@ inputs:
   file_glob:
     description: 'If true the file can be a glob pattern, asset_name is ignored if this is true.'
   prerelease:
-    description: 'Mark the release as a pre-release.'
+    description: 'Mark the release as a pre-release. Defaults to "false".'
+  release_name:
+    description: 'Explicitly set a release name. Defaults to empty which will cause the release to take the tag as name on GitHub.'
   body:
-    description: 'Content of the release text.'
+    description: 'Content of the release text. Empty by default.'
 outputs:
   browser_download_url:
     description: 'The publicly available URL of the asset.'

dist/index.js

@@ -2201,7 +2201,7 @@ const core = __importStar(__webpack_require__(470));
 const github = __importStar(__webpack_require__(469));
 const path = __importStar(__webpack_require__(622));
 const glob = __importStar(__webpack_require__(402));
-function get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, body, octokit) {
+function get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         try {
             core.debug(`Getting release by tag ${tag}.`);
@@ -2211,7 +2211,7 @@ function get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, body, octokit) {
             // If this returns 404, we need to create the release first.
             if (error.status === 404) {
                 core.debug(`Release for tag ${tag} doesn't exist yet so we'll create it now.`);
-                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag, prerelease: prerelease, body: body }));
+                return yield octokit.repos.createRelease(Object.assign(Object.assign({}, github.context.repo), { tag_name: tag, prerelease: prerelease, release_name: release_name, body: body }));
             }
             else {
                 throw error;
@@ -2267,9 +2267,10 @@ function run() {
             const file_glob = core.getInput('file_glob') == 'true' ? true : false;
             const overwrite = core.getInput('overwrite') == 'true' ? true : false;
             const prerelease = core.getInput('prerelease') == 'true' ? true : false;
+            const release_name = core.getInput('release_name');
             const body = core.getInput('body');
             const octokit = github.getOctokit(token);
-            const release = yield get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, body, octokit);
+            const release = yield get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, release_name, body, octokit);
             if (file_glob) {
                 const files = glob.sync(file);
                 if (files.length > 0) {

src/main.ts

@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ type UploadAssetResp = Endpoints['POST /repos/:owner/:repo/releases/:release_id/
 async function get_release_by_tag(
   tag: string,
   prerelease: boolean,
+  release_name: string,
   body: string,
   octokit: Octokit
 ): Promise<ReleaseByTagResp | CreateReleaseResp> {
@@ -33,6 +34,7 @@ async function get_release_by_tag(
         ...github.context.repo,
         tag_name: tag,
         prerelease: prerelease,
+        release_name: release_name,
         body: body
       })
     } else {
@@ -107,10 +109,17 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const file_glob = core.getInput('file_glob') == 'true' ? true : false
     const overwrite = core.getInput('overwrite') == 'true' ? true : false
     const prerelease = core.getInput('prerelease') == 'true' ? true : false
+    const release_name = core.getInput('release_name')
     const body = core.getInput('body')
 
     const octokit: Octokit = github.getOctokit(token)
-    const release = await get_release_by_tag(tag, prerelease, body, octokit)
+    const release = await get_release_by_tag(
+      tag,
+      prerelease,
+      release_name,
+      body,
+      octokit
+    )
 
     if (file_glob) {
       const files = glob.sync(file)