Go Release GitHub Action

Automatically publish Go binaries to Github Release Assets through Github Action.

##TBD Remote Deployment

Features

• Build Go binaries for release and publish to Github Release Assets.
• Customizable Go versions. latest by default.
• Support different Go project path in repository.
• Support multiple binaries in same repository.
• Customizable binary name.
• Support multiple GOOS/GOARCH build in parallel by Github Action Matrix Strategy gracefully.
• Publish .zip instead of .tar.gz for windows.
• No musl library dependency issue on linux.
• Support extra command that will be executed before go build. You may want to use it to solve dependency if you're NOT using Go Modules.
• Rich parameters support for go build(e.g. -ldflags, etc.).
• Support package extra files into artifacts (e.g., LICENSE, README.md, etc).
• Support customize build command, e.g., use packr2(packr2 build) instead of go build. Another important usage is to use make(Makefile) for building on Unix-like systems.
• Support optional .md5 along with artifacts.
• Support optional .sha256 along with artifacts.
• Customizable release tag to support publish binaries per push or workflow_dispatch(manually trigger).
• Support overwrite assets if it's already exist.
• Support customizable asset names.
• Support private repositories.
• Support executable compression by upx.

Usage

Basic Example

# .github/workflows/release.yaml

on: 
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  release-linux-amd64:
    name: release linux/amd64
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: nida/go-release-action@v2.3
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: linux
        goarch: amd64

Parameters

Parameter	Mandatory/Optional	Description
github_token	Mandatory	Your GITHUB_TOKEN for uploading releases to Github asserts.
goos	Mandatory	GOOS is the running program's operating system target: one of darwin, freebsd, linux, and so on.
goarch	Mandatory	GOARCH is the running program's architecture target: one of 386, amd64, arm, s390x, and so on.
goversion	Optional	The Go compiler version. latest(check it here) by default, optional 1.13, 1.14, 1.15, 1.16 or 1.17. It also takes download URL instead of version string if you'd like to use more specified version. But make sure your URL is linux-amd64 package, better to find the URL from Go - Downloads. E.g., https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz.
project_path	Optional	Where to run go build. Use . by default.
binary_name	Optional	Specify another binary name if do not want to use repository basename. Use your repository's basename if not set.
pre_command	Optional	Extra command that will be executed before go build. You may want to use it to solve dependency if you're NOT using Go Modules.
build_command	Optional	The actual command to build binary, typically go build. You may want to use other command wrapper, e.g., packr2, example build_command: 'packr2 build'. Remember to use pre_command to set up packr2 command in this scenario. It also supports the make(Makefile) building system, example build_command: make. In this case both build_flags and ldflags will be ignored since they should be written in your Makefile already. Also, please make sure the generated binary placed in the path where make runs, i.e., project_path.
executable_compression	Optional	Compression executable binary by some third-party tools. It takes compression command with optional args as input, e.g., upx or upx -v. Only upx is supported at the moment.
build_flags	Optional	Additional arguments to pass the go build command.
ldflags	Optional	Values to provide to the -ldflags argument.
extra_files	Optional	Extra files that will be packaged into artifacts either. Multiple files separated by space. Note that extra folders can be allowed either since internal cp -r already in use. E.g., extra_files: LICENSE README.md
md5sum	Optional	Publish .md5 along with artifacts, TRUE by default.
sha256sum	Optional	Publish .sha256 along with artifacts, FALSE by default.
release_tag	Optional	Target release tag to publish your binaries to. It's dedicated to publish binaries on every push into one specified release page since there's no target in this case. DON'T set it if you trigger the action by release: [created] event as most people do.
overwrite	Optional	Overwrite asset if it's already exist. FALSE by default.
asset_name	Optional	Customize asset name if do not want to use the default format ${BINARY_NAME}-${RELEASE_TAG}-${GOOS}-${GOARCH}. Make sure set it correctly, especially for matrix usage that you have to append -${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}. A valid example could be asset_name: binary-name-${{ matrix.goos }}-${{ matrix.goarch }}.

Advanced Example

• Release for multiple OS/ARCH in parallel by matrix strategy.
• Go code is not in . of your repository.
• Customize binary name.
• Use go 1.13.1 from downloadable URL instead of the default version.
• Package extra LICENSE and README.md into artifacts.

# .github/workflows/release.yaml

on: 
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    name: Release Go Binary
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # build and publish in parallel: linux/386, linux/amd64, windows/386, windows/amd64, darwin/amd64 
        goos: [linux, windows, darwin]
        goarch: ["386", amd64]
        exclude:  
          - goarch: "386"
            goos: darwin 
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@v1.20
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
        goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
        goversion: "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.13.1.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
        project_path: "./cmd/test-binary"
        binary_name: "test-binary"
        extra_files: LICENSE README.md

More Examples

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• wiki/More-Examples

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This is an extension to https://github.com/wangyoucao577/go-release-action