rework tag delete

.github/workflows/on-commit.yml

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
   push:
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: "Test dev and final release creation"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ls -lrt
           cd create-bosh-release-action-test-boshrelease
+          echo "Display create-bosh-release-action-test-boshrelease git repo status:"
           git status
+          echo "List existing tags:"
+          git tag --list
           #echo "Cleanup generated files"
           #git clean -fdx
           cd ..

README.md

@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ default: 0
 
 Name of the generated release.
 
+### `version`
+
+version of the generated bosh release
+
+### `need_gh_release`
+
+Do we need to create a GitHub release associated to this bosh release
+
 ## Example usage
 
 ```
@@ -46,3 +54,5 @@ env:
   AWS_BOSH_ACCES_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_BOSH_ACCES_KEY_ID }}
   AWS_BOSH_SECRET_ACCES_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_BOSH_SECRET_ACCES_KEY }}
 ```
+
+See [GitHub action for extra samples](./.github/workflows/on-commit.yml)

action.yml

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ outputs:
     description: "generated bosh release filename"
   version:
     description: "version of the generated bosh release"
+  need_gh_release:
+    description: "Do we need to create a github release associated to this bosh release"
 
 runs:
   using: "docker"

entrypoint.sh

@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ git config --global --add safe.directory /github/workspace
 echo "*** Git global config ***"
 git --no-pager config --global --list
 
+# remove existing release if any, and prepare a commit that will be amended next
+# Having a single amended commit makes it easier to inspect last commit
+# See https://superuser.com/a/360986/299481 for details of the bash array syntax
+NEXT_GIT_COMMIT_FLAGS=(-m "cutting release ${version}")
 if [ "${release}" == "true" ]; then
   # remove existing release if any
   if [ -f releases/"${name}"/"${name}"-"${version}".yml ]; then
@@ -104,10 +108,10 @@ if [ "${release}" == "true" ]; then
   git tag -a -m "cutting release ${version}" ${version} $PUSH_OPTIONS
 
   git pull --rebase ${remote_repo}
-#  if [ "${INPUT_OVERRIDE_EXISTING}" == "true" ] && git rev-parse "$version" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-#    # Delete any existing release with same tag. Ignore push failure if no tag exists.
-#    git push --delete ${remote_repo} ${version}
-#  fi
+  if [[ "${INPUT_OVERRIDE_EXISTING}" == "true" ]]; then
+    # Delete any existing release with same tag. Ignore push failure if no tag exists.
+    ! git push --delete ${remote_repo} ${version}
+  fi
 
   git push ${remote_repo} HEAD:${INPUT_TARGET_BRANCH} --follow-tags # Push branch and tag
 fi
@@ -123,4 +127,5 @@ chmod 644 ${name}-${version}.tgz
 # https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-workflows/workflow-commands-for-github-actions#environment-files
 echo "file=${name}-${version}.tgz" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 echo "version=${version}"          >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+echo "need_gh_release=${NEED_GITHUB_RELEASE}"   >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT