read-package-version

This action simply reads the current package.json name and version then emits it to environment variables $PACKAGE and $VER for use in later actions.

I personally use this to customize the git tags when publishing npm packages. Often the sequence goes: 1. npm version * bumps version, 2. this action reads the new version and sets $env. 3. git tag the repository with name/version combination. This is useful when working in monorepositories that have many individual packages and tags need to be customized for each package.

Inputs

• workspace: '.' local path to package.json you want to read. i.e. ./packages/widget
• path: $GITHUB_WORKSPACE (Internal), if you customize the runner filesystem, this lets you change the root repo prefix so the above workspace variable will have a path to start.

Sets Environment Variables:

• VER: current version read from package.json
• PACKAGE: current name read from package.json

Example usage:

#... typical workflow, action/checkout, etc.
steps:
- name: 'Bump version'
  run: |
    git config user.name github-actions
    git config user.email [email protected]
    npm version patch --no-git-tag-version
- name: 'Read new package version'
  uses: iwsllc/read-package-version@v1
  with:
    # reads the current name/version from ./packages/test-package/package.json
    workspace: ./packages/test-package
- name: 'Tag version'
  run: |
    git commit -am "feat: $PACKAGE version bump to $VER"
    git tag -am "Released $PACKAGE $VER" "$PACKAGE@$VER"
    git push
    git push --tags