Sampo's GitHub Action

GitHub Action to run Sampo (release and/or publish) in GitHub Actions.

Not sure what Sampo is? Don't know where to start? Check out Sampo's documentation.

Usages

Release and Publish

By default, the action runs in auto mode:

• When changesets exist on the current release branch (see the [git] configuration), it prepares or refreshes that branch's release PR.
• When the release plan targets pre-release versions, it also prepares a stabilize PR that exits pre-release mode and lines up the stable release for the same set of changesets.
• When that PR is merged, it publishes your packages, creates tags, and can open GitHub Releases/Discussions. Can also mark Github Releases as « pre-release » for pre-releases branches.

name: Release & Publish
on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch: {}

permissions:
  contents: write      # Create tags and releases
  pull-requests: write # Create and update release PRs
  discussions: write   # Open GitHub Discussions (optional)

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Run Sampo Release/Publish Action
        id: sampo
        uses: bruits/sampo/crates/sampo-github-action@main
        with:
          # Options here, see below
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          CARGO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_TOKEN }}     # For Cargo packages (optional)
          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}         # For npm packages (optional, uses .npmrc if not set)
          HEX_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.HEX_API_KEY }}     # For Hex packages (optional)
          UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }} # For PyPI packages via uv (optional)

Creating GitHub Releases and Discussions

Set the create-github-release input to true to create a GitHub Release for each new tag created when publishing packages. The release notes are generated from the changesets included in the release.

To also open a GitHub Discussion for each release, set open-discussion to true (all packages) or a comma-separated list of package names (e.g., sampo,sampo-github-action). Use discussion-category to specify the target category.

Uploading release assets in GitHub Releases

Build binaries or archives in earlier workflow steps, then pass their paths or glob patterns through the release-assets input for upload. Patterns are resolved relative to working-directory unless absolute.

• Separate multiple entries with commas or new lines.
• Use => to rename matches (for example dist/*.zip => my-tool.zip).
• The placeholders {{tag}}, {{crate}}, and {{version}} expand from the tag being published.

Example:

- run: cargo build --release
- uses: bruits/sampo/crates/sampo-github-action@main
  with:
    create-github-release: true
    release-assets: |
      target/release/my-cli => my-cli-{{tag}}
      dist/{{crate}}-v{{version}}-*.tar.gz

Using outputs to conditionally run steps

The action exposes two outputs:

• released: "true" when release automation ran (release PR prepared, stabilize PR prepared, or sampo release executed).
• published: "true" when sampo publish completed successfully and created version tags.

These outputs can be used to gate subsequent steps, example:

- name: Create release PR or publish packages
  id: sampo
  uses: bruits/sampo/crates/sampo-github-action@main
  with:
    command: auto
  env:
    GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
- name: Notify on release PR creation
  if: steps.sampo.outputs.released == 'true'
  run: echo "Release PR created or updated"
- name: Notify on publish
  if: steps.sampo.outputs.published == 'true'
  run: echo "Packages were published"

Configuration

The action supports the following inputs:

• command: auto, release, or publish (default: auto).
• dry-run: if true, simulates changes without writing or publishing (default: false).
• working-directory: path to workspace root (defaults to GITHUB_WORKSPACE).
• cargo-token: crates.io API token for Cargo packages; when set, exported as CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN.
• npm-token: npm API token for npm packages, or uses .npmrc if not set. When provided, it is exported as NPM_TOKEN for use by npm/pnpm/yarn/bun during publish.
• args: extra flags forwarded to the publish command via sampo publish -- … (e.g., --allow-dirty for Cargo, --access restricted for npm).
• base-branch: base branch used by the release PR that auto prepares (defaults to the detected git branch).
• pr-branch: working branch used for the release PR that auto prepares (defaults to release/<current-branch> with / replaced by -).
• pr-title: title of the release PR that auto prepares (defaults to Release (<current-branch>)).
• stabilize-pr-branch: working branch used for the stabilize PR that auto prepares (defaults to stabilize/<current-branch> with / replaced by -).
• stabilize-pr-title: title of the stabilize PR that auto prepares (defaults to Release stable (<current-branch>)).
• create-github-release: if true, create GitHub Releases for new tags.
• open-discussion: create a GitHub Discussion for released packages. Accepts true (all packages), false (none, default), or a comma-separated list of package names to filter (e.g., sampo,sampo-github-action). Requires create-github-release: true.
• discussion-category: preferred Discussions category slug when creating releases.
• release-assets: comma or newline separated list of paths or glob patterns for pre-built artifacts to upload when creating GitHub releases. Use => to rename matches (e.g. dist/*.zip => my-tool.zip). Placeholders {{tag}}, {{crate}}, and {{version}} are available.
• github-token: GitHub token to create/update PRs (defaults to GITHUB_TOKEN env).
• use-local-build: if true, compile the local sampo-github-action binary instead of installing it with cargo-binstall.

Development

Refer to CONTRIBUTING.md for development setup and workflow details.