This GitHub Action uses the lastversion command-line utility to fetch the latest stable version of any GitHub project or other software.

Required. The GitHub repository or the name of the software for which you want to fetch the latest stable version. Example: nginx or https://github.com/mautic/mautic.

Optional. The branch to fetch the latest version from. Default is no branch filtering. Example: mainline.

Optional. The output format for the results. Allowed values are: version, json, and assets. Default is version.

Optional. Any extra arguments to pass to the lastversion utility.

The latest stable version of the specified software or GitHub project. Or any other output, depending on the output_format input.

You can do a lot of useful things, but the primary use cases are:

• Download and extract the latest stable version of some software in your GitHub workflow
• Simply get the latest version string of some software for use in your GitHub workflow

To use this action in your GitHub workflow, add the following step:

jobs:
  hello_world_job:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    name: A job to say hello
    steps:
      - name: Download stable NGINX
        uses: dvershinin/lastversion-action@main
        with:
          repository: 'nginx'
          action: 'unzip'
          branch: 'stable'
      - name: What do we have here
        run: ls -al

At this point in your GitHub workflow, you have the latest stable version of NGINX downloaded and extracted in the current directory.

steps:
  - name: Checkout repository
    uses: actions/checkout@v2

  - name: Fetch latest version
    id: lastversion
    uses: dvershinin/lastversion-action@main
    with:
      repository: 'nginx'
      branch: 'mainline'
      output_format: 'version'

  - name: Print latest version
    run: echo "Latest version is ${{ steps.lastversion.outputs.last_version }}"

In this example, the Fetch latest version step will fetch the latest version of Nginx from the mainline branch, and the Print latest version step will print the fetched version. You can adjust the inputs to fetch the latest version of other software or GitHub projects.

steps:
  - name: Checkout repository
    uses: actions/checkout@v2

  - name: Fetch latest version of Mautic
    id: lastversion
    uses: dvershinin/lastversion-action@main
    with:
      repository: 'https://github.com/mautic/mautic'
      output_format: 'version'

  - name: Print latest version
    run: echo "Latest version of Mautic is ${{ steps.lastversion.outputs.last_version }}"

In this example, the Fetch latest version of Mautic step will fetch the latest stable version of the Mautic project, and the Print latest version step will print the fetched version.