Fixes #15 Add omitBody and omitName

README.md

@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ This action will create a github release and optionally upload an artifact to it
 - **commit**: An optional commit reference. This will be used to create the tag if it does not exist.
 - **draft**: Optionally marks this release as a draft release. Set to `true` to enable.
 - **name**: An optional name for the release. If this is omitted the tag will be used.
+- **omitBody**: Indicates if the release body should be omitted. This is primarily useful for preserving the release body during updates.
+- **omitName**: Indicates if the release name should be omitted. This is primarily useful for preserving the release name during updates.
 - **prerelease**: Optionally marks this release as prerelease. Set to true to enable.
 - **replacesArtifacts**: Indicates if existing release artifacts should be replaced. Defaults to true.
 - **tag**: An optional tag for the release. If this is omitted the git ref will be used (if it is a tag).

__tests__/Inputs.test.ts

@@ -93,20 +93,36 @@ describe('Inputs', () => {
 
     describe('body', () => {
         it('returns input body', () => {
-            mockGetInput.mockReturnValue('body')
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('false')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('body')
             expect(inputs.body).toBe('body')
         })
 
         it('returns body file contents', () => {
-            mockGetInput.mockReturnValueOnce('').mockReturnValueOnce('a/path')
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('false')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('a/path')
             mockReadFileSync.mockReturnValue('file')
 
             expect(inputs.body).toBe('file')
         })
 
         it('returns empty', () => {
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('false')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('')
             expect(inputs.body).toBe('')
         })
+
+        it('returns null when omitted', () => {
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('true')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('body')
+            expect(inputs.body).toBeUndefined()
+        })
     })
 
     describe('draft', () => {
@@ -122,12 +138,23 @@ describe('Inputs', () => {
 
     describe('name', () => {
         it('returns input name', () => {
-            mockGetInput.mockReturnValue('name')
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('false')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('name')
             expect(inputs.name).toBe('name')
         })
 
+        it('returns null when omitted', () => {
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('true')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('name')
+            expect(inputs.body).toBeUndefined()
+        })
+
         it('returns tag', () => {
-            mockGetInput.mockReturnValue('')
+            mockGetInput
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('false')
+                .mockReturnValueOnce('')
             context.ref = 'refs/tags/sha-tag'
             expect(inputs.name).toBe('sha-tag')
         })

action.yml

@@ -4,40 +4,60 @@ author: 'Nick Cipollo'
 inputs:
   allowUpdates:
     description: 'An optional flag which indicates if we should update a release if it already exists. Defaults to false.'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   artifact:
     deprecationMessage: Use 'artifacts' instead.
     description: 'An optional set of paths representing artifacts to upload to the release. This may be a single path or a comma delimited list of paths (or globs)'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   artifacts:
     description: 'An optional set of paths representing artifacts to upload to the release. This may be a single path or a comma delimited list of paths (or globs)'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   artifactContentType:
     description: 'The content type of the artifact. Defaults to raw'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   body:
     description: 'An optional body for the release.'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   bodyFile:
     description: 'An optional body file for the release. This should be the path to the file'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   commit:
     description: "An optional commit reference. This will be used to create the tag if it does not exist."
+    required: false
     default: ''
   draft:
     description: "Optionally marks this release as a draft release. Set to true to enable."
+    required: false
     default: ''
   name:
     description: 'An optional name for the release. If this is omitted the tag will be used.'
+    required: false
     default: ''
+  omitBody:
+    description: 'Indicates if the release body should be omitted. This is primarily useful for preserving the release body during updates.'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  omitName:
+    description: 'Indicates if the release name should be omitted. This is primarily useful for preserving the release name during updates.'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
   prerelease:
     description: "Optionally marks this release as prerelease. Set to true to enable."
+    required: false
     default: ''
   replacesArtifacts:
     description: "Indicates if existing release artifacts should be replaced. Defaults to true."
+    required: false
     default: 'true'
   tag:
     description: 'An optional tag for the release. If this is omitted the git ref will be used (if it is a tag).'
+    required: false
     default: ''
   token:
     description: 'The Github token.'

src/Inputs.ts

@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import { Artifact } from './Artifact';
 export interface Inputs {
     readonly allowUpdates: boolean
     readonly artifacts: Artifact[]
-    readonly body: string
+    readonly body?: string
     readonly commit: string
     readonly draft: boolean
-    readonly name: string
+    readonly name?: string
     readonly prerelease: boolean
     readonly replacesArtifacts: boolean
     readonly tag: string
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ export class CoreInputs implements Inputs {
         return []
     }
 
-    get body(): string {
+    get body(): string | undefined {
+        if (CoreInputs.omitBody()) return undefined
+
         const body = core.getInput('body')
         if (body) {
             return body
@@ -61,6 +63,10 @@ export class CoreInputs implements Inputs {
         return ''
     }
 
+    private static omitBody(): boolean {
+        return core.getInput('omitBody') == 'true'
+    }
+
     get commit(): string {
         return core.getInput('commit')
     }
@@ -70,7 +76,9 @@ export class CoreInputs implements Inputs {
         return draft == 'true'
     }
 
-    get name(): string {
+    get name(): string | undefined {
+        if (CoreInputs.omitName()) return undefined
+
         const name = core.getInput('name')
         if (name) {
             return name
@@ -79,6 +87,10 @@ export class CoreInputs implements Inputs {
         return this.tag
     }
 
+    private static omitName(): boolean {
+        return core.getInput('omitName') == 'true'
+    }
+
     get prerelease(): boolean {
         const preRelease = core.getInput('prerelease')
         return preRelease == 'true'