update changelog

* Make target_commitish configurable

* Store compiled action for testing

* Add target_commitish to metadata

* Allow override of target_commitish for updating

* Print commit usage

* Improve message for commit usage

* Update draft releases too

* Revert "Update draft releases too"

This reverts commit ff30f8edb18fa851785a2d361b03c9713f5ac17d.

* Integrate latest changes from upstream.

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,47 +1,61 @@
-## 0.1.4
+## 0.1.6
 
-* Added support for updating releases body [#36](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/36)
+This is a release catch up have a hiatus. Future releases will happen more frequently
+
+- Add 'fail_on_unmatched_files' input, useful for catching cases were your `files` input does not actually match what you expect [#55](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/55)
+- Add `repository` input, useful for creating a release in an external repository [#61](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/61)
+- Add release `id` to outputs, useful for refering to release in workflow steps following the step that uses this action [#60](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/60)
+- Add `upload_url` as action output, useful for managing uploads separately [#75](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/75)
+- Support custom `target_commitish` value, useful to customize the default [#76](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/76)
+- fix `body_path` input first then fall back on `body` input. this was the originally documented precedence but was implemened the the opposite order! [#85](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/85)
+- Retain original release info if the keys are not set, useful for filling in blanks for a release you've already started separately [#109](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/109)
+- Limit number of times github api request to create a release is retried, useful for avoiding eating up your rate limit and action minutes do to either an invalid token or other circumstance causing the api call to fail [#111](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/111)
+
+## 0.1.5
+
+- Added support for specifying tag name [#39](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/39)
 
 ## 0.1.4
 
-* Steps can now access the url of releases with the `url` output of this Action [#28](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/28)
-* Added basic GitHub API retry support to manage API turbulance [#26](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/26)
+- Added support for updating releases body [#36](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/36)
+- Steps can now access the url of releases with the `url` output of this Action [#28](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/28)
+- Added basic GitHub API retry support to manage API turbulance [#26](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/26)
 
 ## 0.1.3
 
-* Fixed where `with: body_path` was not being used in generated GitHub releases
+- Fixed where `with: body_path` was not being used in generated GitHub releases
 
 ## 0.1.2
 
-* Add support for merging draft releases [#16](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/16)
+- Add support for merging draft releases [#16](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/16)
 
 GitHub's api doesn't explicitly have a way of fetching a draft release by tag name which caused draft releases to appear as separate releases when used in a build matrix.
 This is now fixed.
 
-* Add support for newline-delimited asset list [#18](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/18)
+- Add support for newline-delimited asset list [#18](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/18)
 
 GitHub actions inputs don't inherently support lists of things and one might like to append a list of files to include in a release. Previously this was possible using a comma-delimited list of asset path patterns to upload. You can now provide these as a newline delimieted list for better readability
 
 ```yaml
-  - name: Release
-    uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-    with:
-      files: |
-        filea.txt
-        fileb.txt
-        filec.txt
-    env:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+- name: Release
+  uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+  if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+  with:
+    files: |
+      filea.txt
+      fileb.txt
+      filec.txt
+  env:
+    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
-* Add support for prerelease annotated GitHub releases with the new input field `with.prerelease: true` [#19](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/19)
+- Add support for prerelease annotated GitHub releases with the new input field `with.prerelease: true` [#19](https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/19)
 
 ---
 
 ## 0.1.1
 
-* Add support for publishing releases on all supported virtual hosts
+- Add support for publishing releases on all supported virtual hosts
 
 You'll need to remove `docker://` prefix and use the `@v1` action tag
 
@@ -49,4 +63,4 @@ You'll need to remove `docker://` prefix and use the `@v1` action tag
 
 ## 0.1.0
 
-* Initial release
+- Initial release

CONTRIBUTING.md

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ## bootstrapping
 
-This a [JavaScript](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-actions#types-of-actions)  action but uses [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/home.html) to generate that JavaScript.
+This a [JavaScript](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-actions#types-of-actions) action but uses [TypeScript](https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/home.html) to generate that JavaScript.
 
-You can bootstrap your envrinment with a modern version of npm and by running `npm i` at the root of this repo.
+You can bootstrap your environment with a modern version of npm and by running `npm i` at the root of this repo.
 
 ## testing
 
-Tests can be found under under `__tests__` directory and are runnable with the `npm t` command
+Tests can be found under under `__tests__` directory and are runnable with the `npm t` command.
 
 ## source code
 
@@ -14,5 +14,4 @@ Source code can be found under the `src` directory. Running `npm run build` will
 
 ## formatting
 
-A minimal attempt at keeping a consistent code style is can be applied by running `npm run fmt`
-
+A minimal attempt at keeping a consistent code style is can be applied by running `npm run fmt`.

README.md

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 </h1>
 
 <p align="center">
-   A GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases on Linux, Windows, and OSX virtual environments
+   A GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases on Linux, Windows, and macOS virtual environments
 </p>
 
 <div align="center">
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 
 Typically usage of this action involves adding a step to a build that
 is gated pushes to git tags. You may find `step.if` field helpful in accomplishing this
-as it maximizes the resuse value of your workflow for non-tag pushes.
+as it maximizes the reuse value of your workflow for non-tag pushes.
 
 Below is a simple example of `step.if` tag gating
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
 
 ### ⬆️ Uploading release assets
 
-You can can configure a number of options for your
+You can configure a number of options for your
 GitHub release and all are optional.
 
 A common case for GitHub releases is to upload your binary after its been validated and packaged.
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ jobs:
           body_path: ${{ github.workflow }}-CHANGELOG.txt
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REPOSITORY: my_gh_org/my_gh_repo
 ```
 
 ### 💅 Customizing
@@ -172,16 +173,24 @@ jobs:
 
 The following are optional as `step.with` keys
 
-| Name        | Type    | Description                                                     |
-|-------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `body`      | String  | Text communicating notable changes in this release              |
-| `body_path` | String  | Path to load text communicating notable changes in this release |
-| `draft`     | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not this release is a draft             |
-| `prerelease`| Boolean | Indicator of whether or not is a prerelease                     |
-| `files`     | String  | Newline-delimited globs of paths to assets to upload for release|
-| `name`      | String  | Name of the release. defaults to tag name                       |
+| Name                      | Type    | Description                                                                                         |
+|---------------------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
+| `body`                    | String  | Text communicating notable changes in this release                                                  |
+| `body_path`               | String  | Path to load text communicating notable changes in this release                                     |
+| `draft`                   | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not this release is a draft                                                 |
+| `prerelease`              | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not is a prerelease                                                         |
+| `files`                   | String  | Newline-delimited globs of paths to assets to upload for release                                    |
+| `name`                    | String  | Name of the release. defaults to tag name                                                           |
+| `tag_name`                | String  | Name of a tag. defaults to `github.ref`                                                             |
+| `fail_on_unmatched_files` | Boolean | Indicator of whether to fail if any of the `files` globs match nothing                              |
+| `target_commitish`        | String  | Commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. |
 
-💡When providing a `body` and `body_path` at the same time, `body_path` will be attempted first, then falling back on `body` if the path can not be read from.
+💡 When providing a `body` and `body_path` at the same time, `body_path` will be
+attempted first, then falling back on `body` if the path can not be read from.
+
+💡 When the release info keys (such as `name`, `body`, `draft`, `prerelease`, etc.)
+are not explicitly set and there is already an existing release for the tag, the
+release will retain its original info.
 
 #### outputs
 
@@ -190,6 +199,8 @@ The following outputs can be accessed via `${{ steps.<step-id>.outputs }}` from
 | Name        | Type    | Description                                                     |
 |-------------|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
 | `url`       | String  | Github.com URL for the release                                  |
+| `id`        | String  | Release ID                                                      |
+| `upload_url`| String  | URL for uploading assets to the release                         |
 
 
 #### environment variables
@@ -199,8 +210,9 @@ The following are *required* as `step.env` keys
 | Name           | Description                          |
 |----------------|--------------------------------------|
 | `GITHUB_TOKEN` | GITHUB_TOKEN as provided by `secrets`|
+| `GITHUB_REPOSITORY` | Name of a target repository in `<owner>/<repo>` format. defaults to the current repository|
 
 
-> **⚠️ Note:** This action was previously implemented as a docker container, limiting its use to GitHub Actions Linux virtual environments only. With recent releases, we now support cross platform usage. You'll need to remove the `docker://` prefix in these versions
+> **⚠️ Note:** This action was previously implemented as a Docker container, limiting its use to GitHub Actions Linux virtual environments only. With recent releases, we now support cross platform usage. You'll need to remove the `docker://` prefix in these versions
 
 Doug Tangren (softprops) 2019

__tests__/util.test.ts

@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ import {
   isTag,
   paths,
   parseConfig,
-  parseInputFiles
+  parseInputFiles,
+  unmatchedPatterns
 } from "../src/util";
 import * as assert from "assert";
 
@@ -35,7 +36,9 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_files: [],
-          input_name: undefined
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined
         })
       );
     });
@@ -51,13 +54,15 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_files: [],
-          input_name: undefined
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined
         })
       );
     });
-    it("defaults to body when both body and body path are provided", () => {
+    it("defaults to body path when both body and body path are provided", () => {
       assert.equal(
-        "foo",
+        "bar",
         releaseBody({
           github_ref: "",
           github_repository: "",
@@ -67,7 +72,9 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_files: [],
-          input_name: undefined
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined
         })
       );
     });
@@ -80,13 +87,61 @@ describe("util", () => {
         github_token: "",
         input_body: undefined,
         input_body_path: undefined,
-        input_draft: false,
-        input_prerelease: false,
+        input_draft: undefined,
+        input_prerelease: undefined,
         input_files: [],
-        input_name: undefined
+        input_name: undefined,
+        input_tag_name: undefined,
+        input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
+        input_target_commitish: undefined
       });
     });
   });
+  describe("parseConfig", () => {
+    it("parses basic config with commitish", () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        parseConfig({
+          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd"
+        }),
+        {
+          github_ref: "",
+          github_repository: "",
+          github_token: "",
+          input_body: undefined,
+          input_body_path: undefined,
+          input_draft: undefined,
+          input_prerelease: undefined,
+          input_files: [],
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
+          input_target_commitish: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd"
+        }
+      );
+    });
+    it("parses basic config with draft and prerelease", () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        parseConfig({
+          INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
+          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true"
+        }),
+        {
+          github_ref: "",
+          github_repository: "",
+          github_token: "",
+          input_body: undefined,
+          input_body_path: undefined,
+          input_draft: false,
+          input_prerelease: true,
+          input_files: [],
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined
+        }
+      );
+    });
+  });
   describe("isTag", () => {
     it("returns true for tags", async () => {
       assert.equal(isTag("refs/tags/foo"), true);
@@ -98,9 +153,19 @@ describe("util", () => {
 
   describe("paths", () => {
     it("resolves files given a set of paths", async () => {
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(paths(["tests/data/**/*"]), [
-        "tests/data/foo/bar.txt"
-      ]);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        paths(["tests/data/**/*", "tests/data/does/not/exist/*"]),
+        ["tests/data/foo/bar.txt"]
+      );
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("unmatchedPatterns", () => {
+    it("returns the patterns that don't match any files", async () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+        unmatchedPatterns(["tests/data/**/*", "tests/data/does/not/exist/*"]),
+        ["tests/data/does/not/exist/*"]
+      );
     });
   });
 });

action.yml

@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ inputs:
   name:
     description: 'Gives the release a custom name. Defaults to tag name'
     required: false
+  tag_name:
+    description: 'Gives a tag name. Defaults to github.GITHUB_REF'
+    required: false
   draft:
     description: 'Creates a draft release. Defaults to false'
     required: false
@@ -21,14 +24,27 @@ inputs:
   files:
     description: 'Newline-delimited list of path globs for asset files to upload'
     required: false
+  fail_on_unmatched_files:
+    description: 'Fails if any of the `files` globs match nothing. Defaults to false'
+    required: false
+  repository:
+    description: 'Repository to make releases against, in <owner>/<repo> format'
+    required: false
+  target_commitish:
+    description: 'Commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA.'
+    required: false
 env:
   'GITHUB_TOKEN': 'As provided by Github Actions'
 outputs:
   url:
     description: 'URL to the Release HTML Page'
+  id:
+    description: 'Release ID'
+  upload_url:
+    description: 'URL for uploading assets to the release'
 runs:
   using: 'node12'
   main: 'dist/index.js'
 branding:
   color: 'green'
-  icon: 'package'
+  icon: 'package'

package-lock.json

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 {
   "name": "action-gh-release",
-  "version": "0.1.4",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "lockfileVersion": 1,
   "requires": true,
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": {
-      "version": "1.2.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/core/-/core-1.2.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-ZKdyhlSlyz38S6YFfPnyNgCDZuAF2T0Qv5eHflNWytPS8Qjvz39bZFMry9Bb/dpSnqWcNeav5yM2CTYpJeY+Dw=="
+      "version": "1.2.6",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@actions/core/-/core-1.2.6.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-ZQYitnqiyBc3D+k7LsgSBmMDVkOVidaagDG7j3fOym77jNunWRuYx7VSHa9GNfFZh+zh61xsCjRj4JxMZlDqTA=="
     },
     "@actions/github": {
       "version": "2.0.0",
@@ -434,12 +434,42 @@
         "universal-user-agent": "^4.0.0"
       }
     },
-    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": {
-      "version": "2.7.1",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-throttling/-/plugin-throttling-2.7.1.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-08CKNFCpSpmOEAQBn6/MR8zbJgjP4+bplNUJbKlqJSNBHTO1NdsDHzBD4VeFYopOo7rBEySng4WifxNVaQ5bVw==",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": {
+      "version": "3.0.2",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-3.0.2.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-k7xl2WLfLP7WirRXRHtCq5xGAIXBZHV9X3HVUJhPwe8/N8vVzxPcnnnBL5NpEep/+GQqFRdYxrkgz68VY3z2wA==",
       "requires": {
+        "@octokit/types": "^4.0.1",
         "bottleneck": "^2.15.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/types": {
+          "version": "4.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-4.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Ho6h7w2h9y8RRE8r656hIj1oiSbwbIHJGF5r9G5FOwS2VdDPq8QLGvsG4x6pKHpvyGK7j+43sAc2cJKMiFoIJw==",
+          "requires": {
+            "@types/node": ">= 8"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": {
+      "version": "3.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-throttling/-/plugin-throttling-3.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-CGr3IagYZLLV3pFgpTQUthQSS5K3BkHLlG8yXK+Op3UKBkYrTf+Y9pCebrDxt60d+VTQ1oxXCx+LVLYY3IhBZQ==",
+      "requires": {
+        "@octokit/types": "^4.0.1",
+        "bottleneck": "^2.15.3"
+      },
+      "dependencies": {
+        "@octokit/types": {
+          "version": "4.0.1",
+          "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-4.0.1.tgz",
+          "integrity": "sha512-Ho6h7w2h9y8RRE8r656hIj1oiSbwbIHJGF5r9G5FOwS2VdDPq8QLGvsG4x6pKHpvyGK7j+43sAc2cJKMiFoIJw==",
+          "requires": {
+            "@types/node": ">= 8"
+          }
+        }
       }
     },
     "@octokit/request": {
@@ -3678,9 +3708,9 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-1nh45deeb5olNY7eX82BkPO7SSxR5SSYJiPTrTdFUVYwAl8CKMA5N9PjTYkHiRjisVcxcQ1HXdLhx2qxxJzLNQ=="
     },
     "node-fetch": {
-      "version": "2.6.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-8dG4H5ujfvFiqDmVu9fQ5bOHUC15JMjMY/Zumv26oOvvVJjM67KF8koCWIabKQ1GJIa9r2mMZscBq/TbdOcmNA=="
+      "version": "2.6.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/node-fetch/-/node-fetch-2.6.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-V4aYg89jEoVRxRb2fJdAg8FHvI7cEyYdVAh94HH0UIK8oJxUfkjlDQN9RbMx+bEjP7+ggMiFRprSti032Oipxw=="
     },
     "node-int64": {
       "version": "0.4.0",

package.json

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 {
   "name": "action-gh-release",
-  "version": "0.1.5",
+  "version": "0.1.6",
   "private": true,
   "description": "GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "ncc build src/main.ts --minify",
     "test": "jest",
-    "fmt": "prettier --write 'src/**/*.ts' '__tests__/**/*.ts'",
-    "fmtcheck": "prettier --check 'src/**/*.ts' '__tests__/**/*.ts'"
+    "fmt": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\"",
+    "fmtcheck": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\""
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
@@ -20,9 +20,10 @@
   "author": "softprops",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
-    "@actions/core": "^1.2.0",
+    "@actions/core": "^1.2.6",
     "@actions/github": "^2.0.0",
-    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^2.7.1",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^3.0.2",
+    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^3.2.1",
     "glob": "^7.1.6",
     "mime": "^2.4.4"
   },

src/github.ts

@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ export interface Release {
   upload_url: string;
   html_url: string;
   tag_name: string;
+  name: string;
   body: string;
   target_commitish: string;
+  draft: boolean;
+  prerelease: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface Releaser {
@@ -35,6 +38,7 @@ export interface Releaser {
     body: string | undefined;
     draft: boolean | undefined;
     prerelease: boolean | undefined;
+    target_commitish: string | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
 
   updateRelease(params: {
@@ -77,6 +81,7 @@ export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
     body: string | undefined;
     draft: boolean | undefined;
     prerelease: boolean | undefined;
+    target_commitish: string | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }> {
     return this.github.repos.createRelease(params);
   }
@@ -139,10 +144,17 @@ export const upload = async (
 
 export const release = async (
   config: Config,
-  releaser: Releaser
+  releaser: Releaser,
+  maxRetries: number = 3
 ): Promise<Release> => {
+  if (maxRetries <= 0) {
+    console.log(`❌ Too many retries. Aborting...`);
+    throw new Error("Too many retries.");
+  }
+
   const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split("/");
-  const tag = config.github_ref.replace("refs/tags/", "");
+  const tag =
+    config.input_tag_name || config.github_ref.replace("refs/tags/", "");
   try {
     // you can't get a an existing draft by tag
     // so we must find one in the list of all releases
@@ -164,12 +176,36 @@ export const release = async (
     });
 
     const release_id = existingRelease.data.id;
-    const target_commitish = existingRelease.data.target_commitish;
+    let target_commitish: string;
+    if (
+      config.input_target_commitish &&
+      config.input_target_commitish !== existingRelease.data.target_commitish
+    ) {
+      console.log(
+        `Updating commit from "${existingRelease.data.target_commitish}" to "${config.input_target_commitish}"`
+      );
+      target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
+    } else {
+      target_commitish = existingRelease.data.target_commitish;
+    }
+
     const tag_name = tag;
-    const name = config.input_name || tag;
-    const body = `${existingRelease.data.body}\n${releaseBody(config)}`;
-    const draft = config.input_draft;
-    const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
+    const name = config.input_name || existingRelease.data.name || tag;
+
+    let body: string = "";
+    if (existingRelease.data.body) body += existingRelease.data.body;
+    let workflowBody = releaseBody(config);
+    if (existingRelease.data.body && workflowBody) body += "\n";
+    if (workflowBody) body += workflowBody;
+
+    const draft =
+      config.input_draft !== undefined
+        ? config.input_draft
+        : existingRelease.data.draft;
+    const prerelease =
+      config.input_prerelease !== undefined
+        ? config.input_prerelease
+        : existingRelease.data.prerelease;
 
     const release = await releaser.updateRelease({
       owner,
@@ -190,7 +226,14 @@ export const release = async (
       const body = releaseBody(config);
       const draft = config.input_draft;
       const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
-      console.log(`👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}...`);
+      const target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
+      let commitMessage: string = "";
+      if (target_commitish) {
+        commitMessage = ` using commit "${target_commitish}"`;
+      }
+      console.log(
+        `👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}${commitMessage}...`
+      );
       try {
         let release = await releaser.createRelease({
           owner,
@@ -199,15 +242,18 @@ export const release = async (
           name,
           body,
           draft,
-          prerelease
+          prerelease,
+          target_commitish
         });
         return release.data;
       } catch (error) {
         // presume a race with competing metrix runs
         console.log(
-          `⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: ${error.status}, retrying...`
+          `⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: ${
+            error.status
+          }, retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`
         );
-        return release(config, releaser);
+        return release(config, releaser, maxRetries - 1);
       }
     } else {
       console.log(

src/main.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { paths, parseConfig, isTag } from "./util";
+import { paths, parseConfig, isTag, unmatchedPatterns } from "./util";
 import { release, upload, GitHubReleaser } from "./github";
 import { setFailed, setOutput } from "@actions/core";
 import { GitHub } from "@actions/github";
@@ -7,26 +7,40 @@ import { env } from "process";
 async function run() {
   try {
     const config = parseConfig(env);
-    if (!isTag(config.github_ref)) {
+    if (!config.input_tag_name && !isTag(config.github_ref)) {
       throw new Error(`⚠️ GitHub Releases requires a tag`);
     }
-    GitHub.plugin(require("@octokit/plugin-throttling"));
+    if (config.input_files) {
+      const patterns = unmatchedPatterns(config.input_files);
+      patterns.forEach(pattern =>
+        console.warn(`🤔 Pattern '${pattern}' does not match any files.`)
+      );
+      if (patterns.length > 0 && config.input_fail_on_unmatched_files) {
+        throw new Error(`⚠️ There were unmatched files`);
+      }
+    }
+    GitHub.plugin([
+      require("@octokit/plugin-throttling"),
+      require("@octokit/plugin-retry")
+    ]);
     const gh = new GitHub(config.github_token, {
-      onRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
-        console.warn(
-          `Request quota exhausted for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`
-        );
-        if (options.request.retryCount === 0) {
-          // only retries once
-          console.log(`Retrying after ${retryAfter} seconds!`);
-          return true;
+      throttle: {
+        onRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
+          console.warn(
+            `Request quota exhausted for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`
+          );
+          if (options.request.retryCount === 0) {
+            // only retries once
+            console.log(`Retrying after ${retryAfter} seconds!`);
+            return true;
+          }
+        },
+        onAbuseLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
+          // does not retry, only logs a warning
+          console.warn(
+            `Abuse detected for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`
+          );
         }
-      },
-      onAbuseLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
-        // does not retry, only logs a warning
-        console.warn(
-          `Abuse detected for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`
-        );
       }
     });
     let rel = await release(config, new GitHubReleaser(gh));
@@ -41,6 +55,8 @@ async function run() {
     }
     console.log(`🎉 Release ready at ${rel.html_url}`);
     setOutput("url", rel.html_url);
+    setOutput("id", rel.id.toString());
+    setOutput("upload_url", rel.upload_url);
   } catch (error) {
     setFailed(error.message);
   }

src/util.ts

@@ -7,18 +7,22 @@ export interface Config {
   github_repository: string;
   // user provided
   input_name?: string;
+  input_tag_name?: string;
+  input_repository?: string;
   input_body?: string;
   input_body_path?: string;
   input_files?: string[];
   input_draft?: boolean;
   input_prerelease?: boolean;
+  input_fail_on_unmatched_files?: boolean;
+  input_target_commitish?: string;
 }
 
 export const releaseBody = (config: Config): string | undefined => {
   return (
-    config.input_body ||
     (config.input_body_path &&
-      readFileSync(config.input_body_path).toString("utf8"))
+      readFileSync(config.input_body_path).toString("utf8")) ||
+    config.input_body
   );
 };
 
@@ -39,13 +43,18 @@ export const parseConfig = (env: Env): Config => {
   return {
     github_token: env.GITHUB_TOKEN || "",
     github_ref: env.GITHUB_REF || "",
-    github_repository: env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY || "",
+    github_repository: env.INPUT_REPOSITORY || env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY || "",
     input_name: env.INPUT_NAME,
+    input_tag_name: env.INPUT_TAG_NAME,
     input_body: env.INPUT_BODY,
     input_body_path: env.INPUT_BODY_PATH,
     input_files: parseInputFiles(env.INPUT_FILES || ""),
-    input_draft: env.INPUT_DRAFT === "true",
-    input_prerelease: env.INPUT_PRERELEASE == "true"
+    input_draft: env.INPUT_DRAFT ? env.INPUT_DRAFT === "true" : undefined,
+    input_prerelease: env.INPUT_PRERELEASE
+      ? env.INPUT_PRERELEASE == "true"
+      : undefined,
+    input_fail_on_unmatched_files: env.INPUT_FAIL_ON_UNMATCHED_FILES == "true",
+    input_target_commitish: env.INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH
   };
 };
 
@@ -57,6 +66,16 @@ export const paths = (patterns: string[]): string[] => {
   }, []);
 };
 
+export const unmatchedPatterns = (patterns: string[]): string[] => {
+  return patterns.reduce((acc: string[], pattern: string): string[] => {
+    return acc.concat(
+      glob.sync(pattern).filter(path => lstatSync(path).isFile()).length == 0
+        ? [pattern]
+        : []
+    );
+  }, []);
+};
+
 export const isTag = (ref: string): boolean => {
   return ref.startsWith("refs/tags/");
 };