Increment Variable

Action to increment a repository variable. Useful for increasing a version number for example.

Features ✨

• Automaticly creates the target variable if it does not exist
• Supports alphanumeric variables, for example ABC1 will be increased to ABC2
• An amount parameter for if you want to increment by a custom amount

Usage 🚀

uses: step-security/increment@v2
id: increment
with:
  name: 'MY_VARIABLE'
  token: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}

Inputs 📝

name

Required String Variable name.

amount

Optional Integer Increment by this amount (default = 1).

token

Required String Repository Access token

owner

Optional String Owners name.

repository

Optional String Repository name.

org

Optional Boolean Indicates the repo is an organization.

FAQ 💬

• How do I read the value after incrementing?

  If you need to get the value after the increment, use: ${{ steps.increment.outputs.value }}

• Why do I get the error 'Resource not accessible by integration'?

  This will happen if you use secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN.

  You need to create a personal access token instead.

  Go to your Github settings, select 'Developer settings' --> 'Personal access tokens' --> 'Tokens (classic)' and create a new token. Store its value in a secret, for example MY_TOKEN.

  Then refer to it like this:

  token: ${{ secrets.MY_TOKEN }}