Merge pull request #224 from ellisvalentiner/patch-1

localheinz · web-flow · commit 7582ae6fe0ca · 2026-03-13T15:34:05.000+01:00
Add prerelease option to GitHub release action
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 For a full diff see [`1.10.0...main`][1.10.0...main].
 
+### Added
+
+- Added a `prerelease` input to `github/release/create` to allow creating prereleases ([#224]), by [@ellisvalentiner]
+
 ### Changed
 
 - Started exposing a `RELEASE_HTML_URL` environment variable after publishing a release with `actions/github/release/publish` ([#183]), by [@localheinz]
@@ -242,8 +246,10 @@ For a full diff see [`1.0.0...main`][1.0.0...main].
 [#209]: https://github.com/ergebnis/.github/pull/209
 [#214]: https://github.com/ergebnis/.github/pull/214
 [#215]: https://github.com/ergebnis/.github/pull/215
+[#224]: https://github.com/ergebnis/.github/pull/224
 
 [@dependabot]: https://github.com/dependabot
+[@ellisvalentiner]: https://github.com/ellisvalentiner
 [@jaymecd]: https://github.com/jaymecd
 [@localheinz]: https://github.com/localheinz
 [@lotyp]: https://github.com/lotyp
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ For details, see [`actions/github/release/create/action.yaml`](actions/github/re
 
 - `draft`, optional: Whether to create a draft or a published release.
 - `github-token`, required: The GitHub token of a user with permission to create a release.
+- `prerelease`, optional: Whether to identify the release as a prerelease or a full release.
 
 #### Outputs
 
diff --git a/actions/github/release/create/action.yaml b/actions/github/release/create/action.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ inputs:
     description: "Whether to create a draft or a published release"
     required: false
     default: "false"
+  prerelease:
+    description: "Whether to identify the release as a prerelease (true) or full release (false)"
+    required: false
+    default: "false"
   github-token:
     description: "GitHub token of a user with permission to create a release"
     required: true
@@ -43,7 +47,7 @@ runs:
               generate_release_notes: true,
               name: process.env.RELEASE_TAG,
               owner: context.repo.owner,
-              prerelease: false,
+              prerelease: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.prerelease) }},
               repo: context.repo.repo,
               tag_name: process.env.RELEASE_TAG,
             });
