Warning: No tags are present for this repository

[lindseyschuler]

Hi,

I'm trying to implement this action in our repo and no matter what I try I get the following warning:

No tags are present for this repository

I'm running a checkout first and see the latest tag in the output and if I run a $ git tag --points-at HEAD after I do a checkout I see the latest tag below
v5.1.0

Below is my action

• name: get semantic version
  id: sem-ver
  uses: paulhatch/[email protected]
  with:
  tag_prefix: v
  use_branches: true
  major_pattern: (MAJOR)
  minor_pattern: (MINOR)
  bump_each_commit: true

No matter what I do I get the same error every time. Am I missing something in my setup?

[PaulHatch]

So if you are using bump_each_commit: true you won't necessarily have tags, as the version is bumped without them. You are also using branches to version, this is an unusual setup TBH, I don't think I've ever combined these two. Generally branches would only be used if you were supporting ongoing releases to multiple versions while bump each commit is generally used for small projects that have a less formal release process.

There is an open ticket for enhancing support for branches, since branches commits change and since multiple branches can be present at the same time there are a number of edge cases that require opinionated decisions to be made. At the moment I'd recommend sticking with tags unless the current branching behavior is preferable or necessary.

Having said all that, if you have versions that you expect to be used to determine the version you can check that:

• Make sure the git history is being pulled as described here. By default the actions/checkout only pulls the most recent commit.
• Make sure your tag or branch format matches the expected format. By default this is like v1.0.0.

If you're still having trouble, follow the steps described here and post the resulting diagnostic information.