action.yml

name: 'create-release-action'
description: 'A reusable template for creating a GitHub Action using TypeScript.'
author: 'Invitation Homes'
inputs:
  github-token:
    required: true
    description: 'The GitHub token to use'
  name:
    required: true
    description: 'The name of the release'
  tag-name:
    required: true
    description: 'The name of the tag'
  draft:
    description: 'Whether or not to create a draft release'
    type: boolean
    default: false
  pre-release:
    description: 'Whether or not the release should be marked as a pre-release'
    type: boolean
    default: false
  generate-release-notes:
    description: 'Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release'
    type: boolean
    default: false

outputs:
  release-id:
    description: "ID of the GitHub release"
    value: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.result }}

runs:
  using: 'composite'
  steps:
    - name: Create GitHub release
      id: create-release
      uses: actions/github-script@v6
      with:
        github-token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
        result-encoding: string
        script: |
          try {
            const response = await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
              name: "${{ inputs.name }}",
              tag_name: "${{ inputs.tag-name }}",
              draft: ${{ inputs.draft }},
              generate_release_notes: ${{ inputs.generate-release-notes }},
              owner: context.repo.owner,
              prerelease: ${{ inputs.pre-release }},
              repo: context.repo.repo,
            });
            return response.data.id;
          } catch (error) {
            core.setFailed(error.message);
          }