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Delete Release Assets

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Delete Release Assets

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Delete Release Assets

Delete all assets attached to a release. Mainly designed to make sure electron-builder does not fail if asset already exists

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Delete Release Assets

              
  uses: andreaswilli/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in andreaswilli/delete-release-assets-action

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delete-release-assets-action

A simple GitHub action which deletes all assets attached to a release. It is mainly designed to make sure electron-builder doesn't fail in case an asset already exists.

Inputs

name required? default description
github_token yes - GitHub Access Token (usually secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN)
tag no '' Tag name that identifies the release (version is read from package.json if not specified)
tagPrefix no '' Prefix that is automatically added to the start of the tag name
deleteOnlyFromDrafts no 'true' Delete assets only from draft releases or all releases

Example usage

name: Delete Release Assets

on: push

jobs:
  deleteReleaseAssets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Check out Git repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v1

      - name: Delete current release assets
        uses: andreaswilli/delete-release-assets-action@<version>
        with:
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tagPrefix: v
          tag: 1.0.1