README.md

GitHub Action: Delete older releases and tags

This action deletes older releases of given repo

Add following step to your workflow:

- uses: jay2610/[email protected]
  with:
    repo: <owner>/<repoName> # defaults to current repo
    keep_latest: 3
    delete_tag_pattern: beta # defaults to ""
    delete_type: 'release'
    target_branch: 'master'
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Available Options

keep_latest

required
true

Specifies number of latest releases (sorted by created_at) to keep. Pass 0 if you want to delete all releases

delete_tags

required	default
false	false

Specifies whether to delete tags associated to older releases or not. Older tags without any associated releases will not be deleted

repo

required	default
false	repo executing action

Repo name in the format of <owner>/<repoName>. Defaults to the repo that executing this action

delete_tag_pattern

required	default
false	empty string

Specifies a pattern to match. If not specified then every release will be targeted. If specified then every release containing the pattern will be targeted. Use this option for example to remove old beta releases.

delete_type

required	default
false	release

release or prerelease

delete_branch

required	default
false	master

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