Manage release on a Forgejo instance
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Renovate Bot 11407f3e1b Update actions/checkout action to v6 (#117)
This PR contains the following updates:

| Package | Type | Update | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| [actions/checkout](https://github.com/actions/checkout) | action | major | `v4` → `v6` |

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### Release Notes

<details>
<summary>actions/checkout (actions/checkout)</summary>

### [`v6`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#v600)

[Compare Source](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v5...v6)

- Persist creds to a separate file by [@&#8203;ericsciple](https://github.com/ericsciple) in [#&#8203;2286](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2286)
- Update README to include Node.js 24 support details and requirements by [@&#8203;salmanmkc](https://github.com/salmanmkc) in [#&#8203;2248](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2248)

### [`v5`](https://github.com/actions/checkout/blob/HEAD/CHANGELOG.md#v501)

[Compare Source](https://github.com/actions/checkout/compare/v4...v5)

- Port v6 cleanup to v5 by [@&#8203;ericsciple](https://github.com/ericsciple) in [#&#8203;2301](https://github.com/actions/checkout/pull/2301)

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Reviewed-on: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/forgejo-release/pulls/117
Reviewed-by: Mathieu Fenniak <mfenniak@noreply.code.forgejo.org>
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2026-01-09 16:59:25 +00:00
.forgejo/workflows Update actions/checkout action to v6 (#117) 2026-01-09 16:59:25 +00:00
testdata Update actions/checkout action to v6 (#117) 2026-01-09 16:59:25 +00:00
.editorconfig fix: support slashes in tags (#62) 2025-07-25 06:50:17 +00:00
.gitignore Add support for files with spaces in their names (#24) 2024-12-09 05:38:35 +00:00
action.yml fix: do not preserve spaces in the token (#80) 2025-08-05 14:01:06 +00:00
forgejo-release.sh Update dependency forgejo/release-notes-assistant to v1.4.3 (#116) 2026-01-09 06:07:39 +00:00
LICENSE LICENSE is MIT 2023-04-01 11:12:56 +02:00
README.md [readme] mention write:repository requirement for token (#102) 2026-01-08 14:42:40 +00:00
renovate.json chore(renovate): separate multiple forgejo majors (#118) 2026-01-09 09:12:26 +00:00

forgejo-release

Description

Upload or download the assets of a release to a Forgejo instance.

Inputs

name description required default
url

URL of the Forgejo instance

false ${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}
repo

owner/project relative to the URL

false ${{ github.repository }}
tag

Tag of the release

false ${{ github.ref_name }}
title

Title of the release (defaults to tag)

false ""
sha

SHA of the release

false ${{ github.sha }}
token

Forgejo application token (must have write:repository)

false ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
release-dir

Directory in whichs release assets are uploaded or downloaded

true ""
release-notes

Release notes

false ""
direction

Can either be download or upload

true ""
gpg-private-key

GPG Private Key to sign the release artifacts

false ""
gpg-passphrase

Passphrase of the GPG Private Key

false ""
download-retry

Number of times to retry if the release is not ready (default 1)

false ""
download-latest

Download the latest release

false false
verbose

Increase the verbosity level

false false
override

Override an existing release by the same {tag}

false false
prerelease

Mark Release as Pre-Release

false false
release-notes-assistant

Generate release notes with Release Notes Assistant

false false
hide-archive-link

Hide the archive links

false false

Examples

Upload

Upload the release located in release-dir to the release section of a repository (url and repo):

jobs:
  upload-release:
    runs-on: docker
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/forgejo-release@v2.7.3
        with:
          direction: upload
          url: https://my-forgejo-instance.net
          repo: myuser/myrepo
          token: ${{ secrets.WRITE_TOKEN_TO_MYREPO }}
          tag: v1.0.0
          release-dir: dist/release
          release-notes: "MY RELEASE NOTES"

Download

Example downloading the forgejo release v1.21.4-0 into the working directory:

jobs:
  download-release:
    runs-on: docker
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: actions/forgejo-release@v2.7.3
        with:
          direction: download
          url: https://my-forgejo-instance.net
          repo: myuser/myrepo
          token: ${{ secrets.READ_TOKEN_TO_MYREPO }}
          tag: v1.0.0
          release-dir: ./  # by default, files are downloaded into dist/release

Real world example

This action is used to publish the release notes assistant assets.

Update the input section of the README

Using action-docs:

# Edit the action.yml file and run:
action-docs --update-readme