Upgrade Go Action

What?

A Github Action that checks for Go upgrades and modifies the go.mod file accordingly.

How?

- uses: StefMa/Upgrade-Go-Action@main
  with:
    base-branch: 'master' # Defaults to 'main' if absent
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Why?

It is like Dependabot or the Gradle Wrapper Upgrade Gradle Plugin. You shouldn't really care about the Go version as long as you don't build a Go library. You can always be on the bleeding edge 🙂

So, why not?

Example

A fully working example can bn seen below. It make sense to run this Action periodically to check for new Go versions.

name: Upgrade Go

on: 
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: "0 8 * * MON"

jobs:
  upgrade-go:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: StefMa/Upgrade-Go-Action@main
        with:
          base-branch: 'master'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Action Inputs

Full a full-reference, checkout the action.yml file.

base-branch The (base) branch where the PR will be created against at. Default is main.

Release

1. Checkout the repo (git clone ...)
2. Install npm
3. Run npm install
4. Run npm run build
5. Push to the repo

Developer information links

• Create a JavaScript GitHub Action
• The GitHub Actions Toolkit repository
• An "example" GitHub Actions implementation