Merge pull request #144 from apr-1985/skip_git_pull

feat:Allow skipping of the Git pull before tagging

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -139,6 +139,37 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
           skip-commit: 'true'
           
+  test-git-no-pull:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          path: "./"
+
+      - run: npm ci --prod
+
+      - run: "git config --global user.email 'changelog@github.com'"
+      - run: "git config --global user.name 'Awesome Github action'"
+
+      - run: git tag | xargs git tag -d
+      - name: Create fake tag
+        run: "git tag -a 'v0.55.8' -m 'v0.55.8'"
+      - run: "git add . && git commit -m 'fix: Added fake file so version will be bumped'"
+
+      - name: Generate changelog
+        id: changelog
+        uses: ./
+        env:
+          ENV: 'dont-use-git'
+          EXPECTED_TAG: 'v0.55.9'
+          SKIPPED_COMMIT: true
+          SKIPPED_PULL: true
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+          skip-commit: 'true'
+          skip-git-pull: 'true'
+
   test-git-fallback:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:

README.md

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ This action will bump version, tag commit and generate a changelog with conventi
 - **Optional** `release-count`: Number of releases to preserve in changelog. Default `5`, use `0` to regenerate all.
 - **Optional** `version-file`: The path to the file that contains the version to bump. Default `./package.json`.
 - **Optional** `version-path`: The place inside the version file to bump. Default `version`.
+- **Optional** `skip-git-pull`: Do not pull the repo before tagging. Ensure you full cloned the repo in the first place to get tags. Default `'false'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-on-empty`: Boolean to specify if you want to skip empty release (no-changelog generated). This case occured when you push `chore` commit with `angular` for example. Default `'true'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-version-file`: Do not update the version file. Default `'false'`.
 - **Optional** `skip-commit`: Do not create a release commit. Default `'false'`.
@@ -148,6 +149,22 @@ Tag only
     skip-commit: "true"
 ```
 
+Skip Git Pull
+In CI you might not want to pull extra changes before tagging e.g. if running a long build before tagging, another commit may have come into the branch which would get pulled leading to tagging a different commit to the one which was built.
+
+```yaml
+- name: Checkout repository
+  uses: actions/checkout@v2
+  with:
+    fetch-depth: 0
+
+- name: Conventional Changelog Action
+  uses: TriPSs/conventional-changelog-action@v3
+  with:
+    github-token: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
+    skip-git-pull: "true"
+```
+
 Use a custom file for versioning
 
 ```yaml

action.yml

@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ inputs:
     default: 'version'
     required: false
 
+  skip-git-pull:
+    description: 'Do not pull the repo before tagging. Ensure you full cloned the repo in the first place to get tags'
+    default: 'false'
+    required: false
+  
   skip-on-empty:
     description: 'Do nothing when the changelog from the latest release is empty'
     default: 'true'

src/helpers/git.js

@@ -161,14 +161,17 @@ module.exports = new (class Git {
    */
   testHistory = () => {
     if (ENV === 'dont-use-git') {
-      const { EXPECTED_TAG, SKIPPED_COMMIT, EXPECTED_NO_PUSH } = process.env
+      const { EXPECTED_TAG, SKIPPED_COMMIT, EXPECTED_NO_PUSH, SKIPPED_PULL } = process.env
 
       const expectedCommands = [
         'git config user.name "Conventional Changelog Action"',
         'git config user.email "conventional.changelog.action@github.com"',
-        'git pull --tags --ff-only',
       ]
 
+      if (!SKIPPED_PULL) {
+        expectedCommands.push('git pull --tags --ff-only')
+      }
+
       if (!SKIPPED_COMMIT) {
         expectedCommands.push('git add .')
         expectedCommands.push(`git commit -m "chore(release): ${EXPECTED_TAG}"`)

src/index.js

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ async function run() {
     const releaseCount = core.getInput('release-count')
     const versionFile = core.getInput('version-file')
     const versionPath = core.getInput('version-path')
+    const skipGitPull = core.getInput('skip-git-pull').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipVersionFile = core.getInput('skip-version-file').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipCommit = core.getInput('skip-commit').toLowerCase() === 'true'
     const skipEmptyRelease = core.getInput('skip-on-empty').toLowerCase() === 'true'
@@ -64,8 +65,10 @@ async function run() {
     core.info(`Skipping empty releases is "${skipEmptyRelease ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
     core.info(`Skipping the update of the version file is "${skipVersionFile ? 'enabled' : 'disabled'}"`)
 
+    if (!skipGitPull) {
       core.info('Pull to make sure we have the full git history')
       await git.pull()
+    }
 
     const config = conventionalConfigFile && requireScript(conventionalConfigFile)