Fix missing update release body (#365)

* Update json5 deps

* Remove quote around env var `GITHUB_TOKEN`

* Factorize search by draft & tag

* Correct `_release` undefined when creating a new release

* Cleanup package-lock

.github/release.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - ignore-for-release
+      - github-actions
+    authors:
+      - octocat
+      - renovate[bot]
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+        - feature
+    - title: Bug fixes 🐛
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: Other Changes 🔄
+      labels:
+        - "*"

README.md

@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ GitHub release and all are optional.
 A common case for GitHub releases is to upload your binary after its been validated and packaged.
 Use the `with.files` input to declare a newline-delimited list of glob expressions matching the files
 you wish to upload to GitHub releases. If you'd like you can just list the files by name directly.
+If a tag already has a GitHub release, the existing release will be updated with the release assets.
 
 Below is an example of uploading a single asset named `Release.txt`
 

action.yml

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ inputs:
     description: "Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Can be `true`, `false`, or `legacy`. Uses GitHub api default if not provided"
     required: false
 env:
-  "GITHUB_TOKEN": "As provided by Github Actions"
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: "As provided by Github Actions"
 outputs:
   url:
     description: "URL to the Release HTML Page"

package-lock.json

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
         "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-        "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.0.3",
+        "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^7.1.1",
         "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^9.3.0",
         "glob": "^10.4.2",
         "mime": "^3.0.0"
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@
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         "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
         "@types/mime": "^3.0.1",
-        "@types/node": "^20.14.6",
+        "@types/node": "^20.14.9",
         "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.1",
         "jest": "^29.3.1",
         "jest-circus": "^29.3.1",
         "prettier": "2.8.0",
-        "ts-jest": "^29.1.4",
-        "typescript": "^4.9.3",
+        "ts-jest": "^29.2.2",
+        "typescript": "^5.5.3",
         "typescript-formatter": "^7.2.2"
       }
     },
@@ -1223,21 +1223,6 @@
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       }
     },
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-      "peer": true
-    },
-    "node_modules/@octokit/core/node_modules/@octokit/types": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-13.5.0.tgz",
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-      "peer": true,
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-      }
-    },
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@@ -1263,21 +1248,6 @@
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       }
     },
-    "node_modules/@octokit/endpoint/node_modules/@octokit/openapi-types": {
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-13.5.0.tgz",
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-      "peer": true,
-      "dependencies": {
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-      }
-    },
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@@ -1298,21 +1268,6 @@
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     },
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-22.2.0.tgz",
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-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/types/-/types-13.5.0.tgz",
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@@ -1320,9 +1275,9 @@
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+      "version": "22.2.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/openapi-types/-/openapi-types-22.2.0.tgz",
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+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@octokit/plugin-retry/-/plugin-retry-7.1.1.tgz",
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+        "@octokit/request-error": "^6.0.0",
+        "@octokit/types": "^13.0.0",
         "bottleneck": "^2.15.3"
       },
       "engines": {
-        "node": ">= 14"
+        "node": ">= 18"
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       "peerDependencies": {
-        "@octokit/core": ">=3"
+        "@octokit/core": ">=6"
       }
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@@ -1724,6 +1636,12 @@
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+      },
+      "engines": {
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@@ -2347,6 +2280,27 @@
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package.json

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   "main": "lib/main.js",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "ncc build src/main.ts --minify",
+    "build-debug": "ncc build src/main.ts --v8-cache --source-map",
     "test": "jest",
     "fmt": "prettier --write \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\"",
     "fmtcheck": "prettier --check \"src/**/*.ts\" \"__tests__/**/*.ts\"",
@@ -22,7 +23,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.10.0",
     "@actions/github": "^5.1.1",
-    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^4.0.3",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^7.1.1",
     "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^9.3.0",
     "glob": "^10.4.2",
     "mime": "^3.0.0"
@@ -31,13 +32,13 @@
     "@types/glob": "^8.1.0",
     "@types/jest": "^29.5.12",
     "@types/mime": "^3.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "^20.14.6",
+    "@types/node": "^20.14.9",
     "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.1",
     "jest": "^29.3.1",
     "jest-circus": "^29.3.1",
     "prettier": "2.8.0",
-    "ts-jest": "^29.1.4",
-    "typescript": "^4.9.3",
+    "ts-jest": "^29.2.2",
+    "typescript": "^5.5.3",
     "typescript-formatter": "^7.2.2"
   }
 }

src/github.ts

@@ -208,45 +208,63 @@ export const release = async (
   try {
     // you can't get a an existing draft by tag
     // so we must find one in the list of all releases
+    let _release: Release | undefined = undefined;
     if (config.input_draft) {
       for await (const response of releaser.allReleases({
         owner,
         repo,
       })) {
-        let release = response.data.find((release) => release.tag_name === tag);
-        if (release) {
-          return release;
-        }
+        _release = response.data.find((release) => release.tag_name === tag);
       }
+    } else {
+      _release = (
+        await releaser.getReleaseByTag({
+          owner,
+          repo,
+          tag,
+        })
+      ).data;
+    }
+    if (_release === null || _release === undefined) {
+      return await createRelease(
+        tag,
+        config,
+        releaser,
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        discussion_category_name,
+        generate_release_notes,
+        maxRetries
+      );
     }
-    let existingRelease = await releaser.getReleaseByTag({
-      owner,
-      repo,
-      tag,
-    });
 
-    const release_id = existingRelease.data.id;
+    let existingRelease: Release = _release!;
+    console.log(
+      `Found release ${existingRelease.name} (with id=${existingRelease.id})`
+    );
+
+    const release_id = existingRelease.id;
     let target_commitish: string;
     if (
       config.input_target_commitish &&
-      config.input_target_commitish !== existingRelease.data.target_commitish
+      config.input_target_commitish !== existingRelease.target_commitish
     ) {
       console.log(
-        `Updating commit from "${existingRelease.data.target_commitish}" to "${config.input_target_commitish}"`
+        `Updating commit from "${existingRelease.target_commitish}" to "${config.input_target_commitish}"`
       );
       target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
     } else {
-      target_commitish = existingRelease.data.target_commitish;
+      target_commitish = existingRelease.target_commitish;
     }
 
     const tag_name = tag;
-    const name = config.input_name || existingRelease.data.name || tag;
+    const name = config.input_name || existingRelease.name || tag;
     // revisit: support a new body-concat-strategy input for accumulating
     // body parts as a release gets updated. some users will likely want this while
     // others won't previously this was duplicating content for most which
     // no one wants
     const workflowBody = releaseBody(config) || "";
-    const existingReleaseBody = existingRelease.data.body || "";
+    const existingReleaseBody = existingRelease.body || "";
     let body: string;
     if (config.input_append_body && workflowBody && existingReleaseBody) {
       body = existingReleaseBody + "\n" + workflowBody;
@@ -257,11 +275,11 @@ export const release = async (
     const draft =
       config.input_draft !== undefined
         ? config.input_draft
-        : existingRelease.data.draft;
+        : existingRelease.draft;
     const prerelease =
       config.input_prerelease !== undefined
         ? config.input_prerelease
-        : existingRelease.data.prerelease;
+        : existingRelease.prerelease;
 
     const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
 
@@ -288,58 +306,80 @@ export const release = async (
       throw error;
     }
 
-    const tag_name = tag;
-    const name = config.input_name || tag;
-    const body = releaseBody(config);
-    const draft = config.input_draft;
-    const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
-    const target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
-    const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
-    let commitMessage: string = "";
-    if (target_commitish) {
-      commitMessage = ` using commit "${target_commitish}"`;
-    }
-    console.log(
-      `👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}${commitMessage}...`
+    return await createRelease(
+      tag,
+      config,
+      releaser,
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      discussion_category_name,
+      generate_release_notes,
+      maxRetries
     );
-    try {
-      let release = await releaser.createRelease({
-        owner,
-        repo,
-        tag_name,
-        name,
-        body,
-        draft,
-        prerelease,
-        target_commitish,
-        discussion_category_name,
-        generate_release_notes,
-        make_latest,
-      });
-      return release.data;
-    } catch (error) {
-      // presume a race with competing matrix runs
-      console.log(`⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: ${error.status}`);
-      console.log(`${JSON.stringify(error.response.data)}`);
-
-      switch (error.status) {
-        case 403:
-          console.log(
-            "Skip retry — your GitHub token/PAT does not have the required permission to create a release"
-          );
-          throw error;
-
-        case 404:
-          console.log("Skip retry - discussion category mismatch");
-          throw error;
-
-        case 422:
-          console.log("Skip retry - validation failed");
-          throw error;
-      }
-
-      console.log(`retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`);
-      return release(config, releaser, maxRetries - 1);
-    }
   }
 };
+
+async function createRelease(
+  tag: string,
+  config: Config,
+  releaser: Releaser,
+  owner: string,
+  repo: string,
+  discussion_category_name: string | undefined,
+  generate_release_notes: boolean | undefined,
+  maxRetries: number
+) {
+  const tag_name = tag;
+  const name = config.input_name || tag;
+  const body = releaseBody(config);
+  const draft = config.input_draft;
+  const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
+  const target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
+  const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
+  let commitMessage: string = "";
+  if (target_commitish) {
+    commitMessage = ` using commit "${target_commitish}"`;
+  }
+  console.log(
+    `👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}${commitMessage}...`
+  );
+  try {
+    let release = await releaser.createRelease({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      tag_name,
+      name,
+      body,
+      draft,
+      prerelease,
+      target_commitish,
+      discussion_category_name,
+      generate_release_notes,
+      make_latest,
+    });
+    return release.data;
+  } catch (error) {
+    // presume a race with competing matrix runs
+    console.log(`⚠️ GitHub release failed with status: ${error.status}`);
+    console.log(`${JSON.stringify(error.response.data)}`);
+
+    switch (error.status) {
+      case 403:
+        console.log(
+          "Skip retry — your GitHub token/PAT does not have the required permission to create a release"
+        );
+        throw error;
+
+      case 404:
+        console.log("Skip retry - discussion category mismatch");
+        throw error;
+
+      case 422:
+        console.log("Skip retry - validation failed");
+        throw error;
+    }
+
+    console.log(`retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`);
+    return release(config, releaser, maxRetries - 1);
+  }
+}