release 2.5.0

Signed-off-by: Rui Chen <rui@chenrui.dev>

.github/dependabot.yml

@@ -12,13 +12,9 @@ updates:
       - dependency-name: node-fetch
         versions:
           - ">=3.0.0"
-      # ignore mime and @types/mime per https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/475
+      - dependency-name: "@types/node"
-      - dependency-name: mime
         versions:
-          - ">=4.0.0"
+          - ">=22.0.0"
-      - dependency-name: "@types/mime"
-        versions:
-          - ">=4.0.0"
     commit-message:
       prefix: "chore(deps)"
   - package-ecosystem: github-actions

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
 
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@49933ea5288caeca8642d1e84afbd3f7d6820020 # v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@2028fbc5c25fe9cf00d9f06a71cc4710d4507903 # v6
         with:
           node-version-file: ".tool-versions"
           cache: "npm"

.prettierignore

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Build outputs
+dist/
+lib/
+coverage/
+
+# Dependencies
+node_modules/
+
+# Misc
+.github/
+*.log
+.DS_Store
+__tests__/release.txt
+
+# Package files
+package-lock.json

.prettierrc.js

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+/**
+ * @type {import('prettier').Config}
+ */
+module.exports = {
+  trailingComma: 'all',
+  tabWidth: 2,
+  semi: true,
+  singleQuote: true,
+  printWidth: 100,
+  bracketSpacing: true,
+};

.tool-versions

@@ -1 +1 @@
-nodejs 24.2.0
+nodejs 24.11.0

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,3 +1,72 @@
+## 2.5.0
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+
+* feat: mark release as draft until all artifacts are uploaded by @dumbmoron in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/692
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+* dependency updates
+
+## 2.4.2
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+
+* feat: Ensure generated release notes cannot be over 125000 characters by @BeryJu in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/684
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+* dependency updates
+
+## 2.4.1
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+* fix(util): support brace expansion globs containing commas in parseInputFiles by @Copilot in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/672
+* fix: gracefully fallback to body when body_path cannot be read by @Copilot in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/671
+
+## 2.4.0
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+
+* feat(action): respect working_directory for files globs by @stephenway in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/667
+
+## 2.3.4
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Bug fixes 🐛
+
+* fix(action): handle 422 already_exists race condition by @stephenway in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/665
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+- dependency updates
+
+## 2.3.3
+
+## What's Changed
+
+### Exciting New Features 🎉
+
+* feat: add input option `overwrite_files` by @asfernandes in https://github.com/softprops/action-gh-release/pull/343
+
+### Other Changes 🔄
+
+- dependency updates
+
+## 2.3.2
+
+* fix: revert fs `readableWebStream` change
+
 ## 2.3.1
 
 ### Bug fixes 🐛

README.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
 ```
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Build
         run: echo ${{ github.sha }} > Release.txt
       - name: Test
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
       - name: Generate Changelog
         run: echo "# Good things have arrived" > ${{ github.workspace }}-CHANGELOG.txt
       - name: Release
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ The following are optional as `step.with` keys
 | `prerelease`               | Boolean | Indicator of whether or not is a prerelease                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
 | `preserve_order`           | Boolean | Indicator of whether order of files should be preserved when uploading assets                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
 | `files`                    | String  | Newline-delimited globs of paths to assets to upload for release                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
+| `overwrite_files`          | Boolean | Indicator of whether files should be overwritten when they already exist. Defaults to true                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
 | `name`                     | String  | Name of the release. defaults to tag name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
 | `tag_name`                 | String  | Name of a tag. defaults to `github.ref_name`                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
 | `fail_on_unmatched_files`  | Boolean | Indicator of whether to fail if any of the `files` globs match nothing                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |

__tests__/github.test.ts

@@ -1,63 +1,64 @@
-import * as assert from "assert";
 import {
-  mimeOrDefault,
   asset,
-  Releaser,
-  Release,
   findTagFromReleases,
-} from "../src/github";
+  mimeOrDefault,
+  release,
+  Release,
+  Releaser,
+} from '../src/github';
 
-import { describe, it } from "vitest";
+import { assert, describe, it } from 'vitest';
 
-describe("github", () => {
+describe('github', () => {
-  describe("mimeOrDefault", () => {
+  describe('mimeOrDefault', () => {
-    it("returns a specific mime for common path", async () => {
+    it('returns a specific mime for common path', async () => {
-      assert.equal(mimeOrDefault("foo.tar.gz"), "application/gzip");
+      assert.equal(mimeOrDefault('foo.tar.gz'), 'application/gzip');
     });
-    it("returns default mime for uncommon path", async () => {
+    it('returns default mime for uncommon path', async () => {
-      assert.equal(mimeOrDefault("foo.uncommon"), "application/octet-stream");
+      assert.equal(mimeOrDefault('foo.uncommon'), 'application/octet-stream');
     });
   });
 
-  describe("asset", () => {
+  describe('asset', () => {
-    it("derives asset info from a path", async () => {
+    it('derives asset info from a path', async () => {
-      const { name, mime, size } = asset("tests/data/foo/bar.txt");
+      const { name, mime, size } = asset('tests/data/foo/bar.txt');
-      assert.equal(name, "bar.txt");
+      assert.equal(name, 'bar.txt');
-      assert.equal(mime, "text/plain");
+      assert.equal(mime, 'text/plain');
       assert.equal(size, 10);
     });
   });
 
-  describe("findTagFromReleases", () => {
+  describe('findTagFromReleases', () => {
-    const owner = "owner";
+    const owner = 'owner';
-    const repo = "repo";
+    const repo = 'repo';
 
     const mockRelease: Release = {
       id: 1,
       upload_url: `https://api.github.com/repos/${owner}/${repo}/releases/1/assets`,
       html_url: `https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/releases/tag/v1.0.0`,
-      tag_name: "v1.0.0",
+      tag_name: 'v1.0.0',
-      name: "Test Release",
+      name: 'Test Release',
-      body: "Test body",
+      body: 'Test body',
-      target_commitish: "main",
+      target_commitish: 'main',
       draft: false,
       prerelease: false,
       assets: [],
     } as const;
 
     const mockReleaser: Releaser = {
-      getReleaseByTag: () => Promise.reject("Not implemented"),
+      getReleaseByTag: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
-      createRelease: () => Promise.reject("Not implemented"),
+      createRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
-      updateRelease: () => Promise.reject("Not implemented"),
+      updateRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
+      finalizeRelease: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
       allReleases: async function* () {
         yield { data: [mockRelease] };
       },
     } as const;
 
-    describe("when the tag_name is not an empty string", () => {
+    describe('when the tag_name is not an empty string', () => {
-      const targetTag = "v1.0.0";
+      const targetTag = 'v1.0.0';
 
-      it("finds a matching release in first batch of results", async () => {
+      it('finds a matching release in first batch of results', async () => {
         const targetRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ describe("github", () => {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
 
         const releaser = {
@@ -79,17 +80,12 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, targetTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          targetTag,
-        );
 
         assert.deepStrictEqual(result, targetRelease);
       });
 
-      it("finds a matching release in second batch of results", async () => {
+      it('finds a matching release in second batch of results', async () => {
         const targetRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
@@ -100,7 +96,7 @@ describe("github", () => {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
 
         const releaser = {
@@ -111,21 +107,16 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, targetTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          targetTag,
-        );
         assert.deepStrictEqual(result, targetRelease);
       });
 
-      it("returns undefined when a release is not found in any batch", async () => {
+      it('returns undefined when a release is not found in any batch', async () => {
         const otherRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
         const releaser = {
           ...mockReleaser,
@@ -135,17 +126,12 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, targetTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          targetTag,
-        );
 
         assert.strictEqual(result, undefined);
       });
 
-      it("returns undefined when no releases are returned", async () => {
+      it('returns undefined when no releases are returned', async () => {
         const releaser = {
           ...mockReleaser,
           allReleases: async function* () {
@@ -153,21 +139,16 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, targetTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          targetTag,
-        );
 
         assert.strictEqual(result, undefined);
       });
     });
 
-    describe("when the tag_name is an empty string", () => {
+    describe('when the tag_name is an empty string', () => {
-      const emptyTag = "";
+      const emptyTag = '';
 
-      it("finds a matching release in first batch of results", async () => {
+      it('finds a matching release in first batch of results', async () => {
         const targetRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
@@ -178,7 +159,7 @@ describe("github", () => {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
 
         const releaser = {
@@ -189,17 +170,12 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, emptyTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          emptyTag,
-        );
 
         assert.deepStrictEqual(result, targetRelease);
       });
 
-      it("finds a matching release in second batch of results", async () => {
+      it('finds a matching release in second batch of results', async () => {
         const targetRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
@@ -210,7 +186,7 @@ describe("github", () => {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
 
         const releaser = {
@@ -221,21 +197,16 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, emptyTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          emptyTag,
-        );
         assert.deepStrictEqual(result, targetRelease);
       });
 
-      it("returns undefined when a release is not found in any batch", async () => {
+      it('returns undefined when a release is not found in any batch', async () => {
         const otherRelease = {
           ...mockRelease,
           owner,
           repo,
-          tag_name: "v1.0.1",
+          tag_name: 'v1.0.1',
         };
         const releaser = {
           ...mockReleaser,
@@ -245,17 +216,12 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, emptyTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          emptyTag,
-        );
 
         assert.strictEqual(result, undefined);
       });
 
-      it("returns undefined when no releases are returned", async () => {
+      it('returns undefined when no releases are returned', async () => {
         const releaser = {
           ...mockReleaser,
           allReleases: async function* () {
@@ -263,15 +229,82 @@ describe("github", () => {
           },
         };
 
-        const result = await findTagFromReleases(
+        const result = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, emptyTag);
-          releaser,
-          owner,
-          repo,
-          emptyTag,
-        );
 
         assert.strictEqual(result, undefined);
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe('error handling', () => {
+    it('handles 422 already_exists error gracefully', async () => {
+      const mockReleaser: Releaser = {
+        getReleaseByTag: () => Promise.reject('Not implemented'),
+        createRelease: () =>
+          Promise.reject({
+            status: 422,
+            response: { data: { errors: [{ code: 'already_exists' }] } },
+          }),
+        updateRelease: () =>
+          Promise.resolve({
+            data: {
+              id: 1,
+              upload_url: 'test',
+              html_url: 'test',
+              tag_name: 'v1.0.0',
+              name: 'test',
+              body: 'test',
+              target_commitish: 'main',
+              draft: true,
+              prerelease: false,
+              assets: [],
+            },
+          }),
+        finalizeRelease: async () => {},
+        allReleases: async function* () {
+          yield {
+            data: [
+              {
+                id: 1,
+                upload_url: 'test',
+                html_url: 'test',
+                tag_name: 'v1.0.0',
+                name: 'test',
+                body: 'test',
+                target_commitish: 'main',
+                draft: false,
+                prerelease: false,
+                assets: [],
+              },
+            ],
+          };
+        },
+      } as const;
+
+      const config = {
+        github_token: 'test-token',
+        github_ref: 'refs/tags/v1.0.0',
+        github_repository: 'owner/repo',
+        input_tag_name: undefined,
+        input_name: undefined,
+        input_body: undefined,
+        input_body_path: undefined,
+        input_files: [],
+        input_draft: undefined,
+        input_prerelease: undefined,
+        input_preserve_order: undefined,
+        input_overwrite_files: undefined,
+        input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
+        input_target_commitish: undefined,
+        input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
+        input_generate_release_notes: false,
+        input_append_body: false,
+        input_make_latest: undefined,
+      };
+
+      const result = await release(config, mockReleaser, 1);
+      assert.ok(result);
+      assert.equal(result.id, 1);
+    });
+  });
 });

__tests__/util.test.ts

@@ -1,56 +1,72 @@
 import {
-  releaseBody,
+  alignAssetName,
   isTag,
-  paths,
   parseConfig,
   parseInputFiles,
+  paths,
+  releaseBody,
   unmatchedPatterns,
   uploadUrl,
-  alignAssetName,
+} from '../src/util';
-} from "../src/util";
-import * as assert from "assert";
 
-import { describe, it, expect } from "vitest";
+import { assert, describe, expect, it } from 'vitest';
 
-describe("util", () => {
+describe('util', () => {
-  describe("uploadUrl", () => {
+  describe('uploadUrl', () => {
-    it("strips template", () => {
+    it('strips template', () => {
       assert.equal(
         uploadUrl(
-          "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}",
+          'https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets{?name,label}',
         ),
-        "https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets",
+        'https://uploads.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/releases/1/assets',
       );
     });
   });
-  describe("parseInputFiles", () => {
+  describe('parseInputFiles', () => {
-    it("parses empty strings", () => {
+    it('parses empty strings', () => {
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles(""), []);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles(''), []);
     });
-    it("parses comma-delimited strings", () => {
+    it('parses comma-delimited strings', () => {
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles("foo,bar"), ["foo", "bar"]);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('foo,bar'), ['foo', 'bar']);
     });
-    it("parses newline and comma-delimited (and then some)", () => {
+    it('parses newline and comma-delimited (and then some)', () => {
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('foo,bar\nbaz,boom,\n\ndoom,loom '), [
-        parseInputFiles("foo,bar\nbaz,boom,\n\ndoom,loom "),
+        'foo',
-        ["foo", "bar", "baz", "boom", "doom", "loom"],
+        'bar',
-      );
+        'baz',
+        'boom',
+        'doom',
+        'loom',
+      ]);
+    });
+    it('handles globs with brace groups containing commas', () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('./**/*.{exe,deb,tar.gz}\nfoo,bar'), [
+        './**/*.{exe,deb,tar.gz}',
+        'foo',
+        'bar',
+      ]);
+    });
+    it('handles single-line brace pattern correctly', () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('./**/*.{exe,deb,tar.gz}'), [
+        './**/*.{exe,deb,tar.gz}',
+      ]);
     });
   });
-  describe("releaseBody", () => {
+  describe('releaseBody', () => {
-    it("uses input body", () => {
+    it('uses input body', () => {
       assert.equal(
-        "foo",
+        'foo',
         releaseBody({
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
-          input_body: "foo",
+          input_body: 'foo',
           input_body_path: undefined,
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
@@ -60,19 +76,20 @@ describe("util", () => {
         }),
       );
     });
-    it("uses input body path", () => {
+    it('uses input body path', () => {
       assert.equal(
-        "bar",
+        'bar',
         releaseBody({
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
           input_body: undefined,
-          input_body_path: "__tests__/release.txt",
+          input_body_path: '__tests__/release.txt',
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
@@ -82,19 +99,20 @@ describe("util", () => {
         }),
       );
     });
-    it("defaults to body path when both body and body path are provided", () => {
+    it('defaults to body path when both body and body path are provided', () => {
       assert.equal(
-        "bar",
+        'bar',
         releaseBody({
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
-          input_body: "foo",
+          input_body: 'foo',
-          input_body_path: "__tests__/release.txt",
+          input_body_path: '__tests__/release.txt',
           input_draft: false,
           input_prerelease: false,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
@@ -104,9 +122,55 @@ describe("util", () => {
         }),
       );
     });
+    it('falls back to body when body_path is missing', () => {
+      assert.equal(
+        releaseBody({
+          github_ref: '',
+          github_repository: '',
+          github_token: '',
+          input_body: 'fallback-body',
+          input_body_path: '__tests__/does-not-exist.txt',
+          input_draft: false,
+          input_prerelease: false,
+          input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
+          input_preserve_order: undefined,
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined,
+          input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_make_latest: undefined,
+        }),
+        'fallback-body',
+      );
+    });
+    it('returns undefined when body_path is missing and body is not provided', () => {
+      assert.equal(
+        releaseBody({
+          github_ref: '',
+          github_repository: '',
+          github_token: '',
+          input_body: undefined,
+          input_body_path: '__tests__/does-not-exist.txt',
+          input_draft: false,
+          input_prerelease: false,
+          input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
+          input_preserve_order: undefined,
+          input_name: undefined,
+          input_tag_name: undefined,
+          input_target_commitish: undefined,
+          input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
+          input_generate_release_notes: false,
+          input_make_latest: undefined,
+        }),
+        undefined,
+      );
+    });
   });
-  describe("parseConfig", () => {
+  describe('parseConfig', () => {
-    it("parses basic config", () => {
+    it('parses basic config', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
           // note: inputs declared in actions.yml, even when declared not required,
@@ -115,13 +179,14 @@ describe("util", () => {
           // as an empty string !== undefined in terms of what we pass to the api
           // so we cover that in a test case here to ensure undefined values are actually
           // resolved as undefined and not empty strings
-          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "",
+          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: '',
-          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: "",
+          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: '',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -129,6 +194,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: undefined,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -140,41 +206,44 @@ describe("util", () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it("parses basic config with commitish", () => {
+    it('parses basic config with commitish', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd",
+          INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH: 'affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
           input_draft: undefined,
           input_prerelease: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
-          input_target_commitish: "affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd",
+          input_target_commitish: 'affa18ef97bc9db20076945705aba8c516139abd',
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
         },
       );
     });
-    it("supports discussion category names", () => {
+    it('supports discussion category names', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: "releases",
+          INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME: 'releases',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -183,25 +252,27 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_files: [],
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
-          input_discussion_category_name: "releases",
+          input_discussion_category_name: 'releases',
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
         },
       );
     });
 
-    it("supports generating release notes", () => {
+    it('supports generating release notes', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES: "true",
+          INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES: 'true',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -209,6 +280,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: undefined,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -220,19 +292,20 @@ describe("util", () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it("prefers GITHUB_TOKEN over token input for backwards compatibility", () => {
+    it('prefers GITHUB_TOKEN over token input for backwards compatibility', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
+          INPUT_DRAFT: 'false',
-          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
+          INPUT_PRERELEASE: 'true',
-          INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER: "true",
+          INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER: 'true',
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "env-token",
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: 'env-token',
-          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token",
+          INPUT_TOKEN: 'input-token',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "env-token",
+          github_token: 'env-token',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -240,6 +313,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: true,
           input_preserve_order: true,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -250,17 +324,18 @@ describe("util", () => {
         },
       );
     });
-    it("uses input token as the source of GITHUB_TOKEN by default", () => {
+    it('uses input token as the source of GITHUB_TOKEN by default', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
+          INPUT_DRAFT: 'false',
-          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
+          INPUT_PRERELEASE: 'true',
-          INPUT_TOKEN: "input-token",
+          INPUT_TOKEN: 'input-token',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "input-token",
+          github_token: 'input-token',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -268,6 +343,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: true,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -278,16 +354,17 @@ describe("util", () => {
         },
       );
     });
-    it("parses basic config with draft and prerelease", () => {
+    it('parses basic config with draft and prerelease', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_DRAFT: "false",
+          INPUT_DRAFT: 'false',
-          INPUT_PRERELEASE: "true",
+          INPUT_PRERELEASE: 'true',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -295,6 +372,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: true,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -305,15 +383,16 @@ describe("util", () => {
         },
       );
     });
-    it("parses basic config where make_latest is passed", () => {
+    it('parses basic config where make_latest is passed', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_MAKE_LATEST: "false",
+          INPUT_MAKE_LATEST: 'false',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: false,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -322,24 +401,26 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
           input_name: undefined,
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
           input_target_commitish: undefined,
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
-          input_make_latest: "false",
+          input_make_latest: 'false',
         },
       );
     });
-    it("parses basic config with append_body", () => {
+    it('parses basic config with append_body', () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
         parseConfig({
-          INPUT_APPEND_BODY: "true",
+          INPUT_APPEND_BODY: 'true',
         }),
         {
-          github_ref: "",
+          github_ref: '',
-          github_repository: "",
+          github_repository: '',
-          github_token: "",
+          github_token: '',
+          input_working_directory: undefined,
           input_append_body: true,
           input_body: undefined,
           input_body_path: undefined,
@@ -347,6 +428,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_prerelease: undefined,
           input_preserve_order: undefined,
           input_files: [],
+          input_overwrite_files: undefined,
           input_name: undefined,
           input_tag_name: undefined,
           input_fail_on_unmatched_files: false,
@@ -358,46 +440,86 @@ describe("util", () => {
       );
     });
   });
-  describe("isTag", () => {
+  describe('isTag', () => {
-    it("returns true for tags", async () => {
+    it('returns true for tags', async () => {
-      assert.equal(isTag("refs/tags/foo"), true);
+      assert.equal(isTag('refs/tags/foo'), true);
     });
-    it("returns false for other kinds of refs", async () => {
+    it('returns false for other kinds of refs', async () => {
-      assert.equal(isTag("refs/heads/master"), false);
+      assert.equal(isTag('refs/heads/master'), false);
     });
   });
 
-  describe("paths", () => {
+  describe('paths', () => {
-    it("resolves files given a set of paths", async () => {
+    it('resolves files given a set of paths', async () => {
-      assert.deepStrictEqual(
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(paths(['tests/data/**/*', 'tests/data/does/not/exist/*']), [
-        paths(["tests/data/**/*", "tests/data/does/not/exist/*"]),
+        'tests/data/foo/bar.txt',
-        ["tests/data/foo/bar.txt"],
+      ]);
-      );
+    });
+
+    it('resolves files relative to working_directory', async () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(paths(['data/**/*'], 'tests'), ['tests/data/foo/bar.txt']);
     });
   });
 
-  describe("unmatchedPatterns", () => {
+  describe('unmatchedPatterns', () => {
     it("returns the patterns that don't match any files", async () => {
       assert.deepStrictEqual(
-        unmatchedPatterns(["tests/data/**/*", "tests/data/does/not/exist/*"]),
+        unmatchedPatterns(['tests/data/**/*', 'tests/data/does/not/exist/*']),
-        ["tests/data/does/not/exist/*"],
+        ['tests/data/does/not/exist/*'],
       );
     });
+
+    it('resolves unmatched relative to working_directory', async () => {
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(unmatchedPatterns(['data/does/not/exist/*'], 'tests'), [
+        'data/does/not/exist/*',
+      ]);
+    });
   });
 
-  describe("replaceSpacesWithDots", () => {
+  describe('replaceSpacesWithDots', () => {
-    it("replaces all spaces with dots", () => {
+    it('replaces all spaces with dots', () => {
-      expect(alignAssetName("John Doe.bla")).toBe("John.Doe.bla");
+      expect(alignAssetName('John Doe.bla')).toBe('John.Doe.bla');
     });
 
-    it("handles names with multiple spaces", () => {
+    it('handles names with multiple spaces', () => {
-      expect(alignAssetName("John William Doe.bla")).toBe(
+      expect(alignAssetName('John William Doe.bla')).toBe('John.William.Doe.bla');
-        "John.William.Doe.bla",
-      );
     });
 
-    it("returns the same string if there are no spaces", () => {
+    it('returns the same string if there are no spaces', () => {
-      expect(alignAssetName("JohnDoe")).toBe("JohnDoe");
+      expect(alignAssetName('JohnDoe')).toBe('JohnDoe');
     });
   });
 });
+
+describe('parseInputFiles edge cases', () => {
+  it('handles multiple brace groups on same line', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('./**/*.{exe,deb},./dist/**/*.{zip,tar.gz}'), [
+      './**/*.{exe,deb}',
+      './dist/**/*.{zip,tar.gz}',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('handles nested braces', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('path/{a,{b,c}}/file.txt'), ['path/{a,{b,c}}/file.txt']);
+  });
+
+  it('handles empty comma-separated values', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('foo,,bar'), ['foo', 'bar']);
+  });
+
+  it('handles commas with spaces around braces', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles(' ./**/*.{exe,deb} , file.txt '), [
+      './**/*.{exe,deb}',
+      'file.txt',
+    ]);
+  });
+
+  it('handles mixed newlines and commas with braces', () => {
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(parseInputFiles('file1.txt\n./**/*.{exe,deb},file2.txt\nfile3.txt'), [
+      'file1.txt',
+      './**/*.{exe,deb}',
+      'file2.txt',
+      'file3.txt',
+    ]);
+  });
+});

action.yml

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ inputs:
   files:
     description: "Newline-delimited list of path globs for asset files to upload"
     required: false
+  working_directory:
+    description: "Base directory to resolve 'files' globs against (defaults to job working-directory)"
+    required: false
+  overwrite_files:
+    description: "Overwrite existing files with the same name. Defaults to true"
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
   fail_on_unmatched_files:
     description: "Fails if any of the `files` globs match nothing. Defaults to false"
     required: false

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "action-gh-release",
-  "version": "2.3.1",
+  "version": "2.5.0",
   "private": true,
   "description": "GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases",
   "main": "lib/main.js",
@@ -24,21 +24,21 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.11.1",
     "@actions/github": "^6.0.1",
-    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^8.0.1",
+    "@octokit/plugin-retry": "^8.0.3",
-    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^11.0.1",
+    "@octokit/plugin-throttling": "^11.0.3",
-    "glob": "^11.0.2",
+    "glob": "^13.0.0",
-    "mime-types": "^3.0.1"
+    "mime-types": "^3.0.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/glob": "^8.1.0",
+    "@types/glob": "^9.0.0",
     "@types/mime-types": "^3.0.1",
-    "@types/node": "^22.15.21",
+    "@types/node": "^20.19.25",
-    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.3",
+    "@vercel/ncc": "^0.38.4",
-    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^3.1.4",
+    "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.0.13",
-    "prettier": "3.5.3",
+    "prettier": "3.6.2",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.2",
-    "typescript": "^5.8.3",
+    "typescript": "^5.9.3",
     "typescript-formatter": "^7.2.2",
-    "vitest": "^3.1.4"
+    "vitest": "^4.0.4"
   }
 }

src/github.ts

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-import { GitHub } from "@actions/github/lib/utils";
+import { GitHub } from '@actions/github/lib/utils';
-import { Config, isTag, releaseBody, alignAssetName } from "./util";
+import { statSync } from 'fs';
-import { statSync } from "fs";
+import { open } from 'fs/promises';
-import { open } from "fs/promises";
+import { lookup } from 'mime-types';
-import { lookup } from "mime-types";
+import { basename } from 'path';
-import { basename } from "path";
+import { alignAssetName, Config, isTag, releaseBody } from './util';
 
 type GitHub = InstanceType<typeof GitHub>;
 
@@ -27,11 +27,7 @@ export interface Release {
 }
 
 export interface Releaser {
-  getReleaseByTag(params: {
+  getReleaseByTag(params: { owner: string; repo: string; tag: string }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
-    owner: string;
-    repo: string;
-    tag: string;
-  }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
 
   createRelease(params: {
     owner: string;
@@ -44,7 +40,7 @@ export interface Releaser {
     target_commitish: string | undefined;
     discussion_category_name: string | undefined;
     generate_release_notes: boolean | undefined;
-    make_latest: "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined;
+    make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
 
   updateRelease(params: {
@@ -59,13 +55,16 @@ export interface Releaser {
     prerelease: boolean | undefined;
     discussion_category_name: string | undefined;
     generate_release_notes: boolean | undefined;
-    make_latest: "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined;
+    make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
 
-  allReleases(params: {
+  finalizeRelease(params: {
     owner: string;
     repo: string;
-  }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }>;
+    release_id: number;
+  }): Promise<{ data: Release }>;
+
+  allReleases(params: { owner: string; repo: string }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }>;
 }
 
 export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
@@ -82,7 +81,27 @@ export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
     return this.github.rest.repos.getReleaseByTag(params);
   }
 
-  createRelease(params: {
+  async getReleaseNotes(params: {
+    owner: string;
+    repo: string;
+    tag_name: string;
+    target_commitish: string | undefined;
+  }): Promise<{
+    data: {
+      name: string;
+      body: string;
+    };
+  }> {
+    return await this.github.rest.repos.generateReleaseNotes(params);
+  }
+
+  truncateReleaseNotes(input: string): string {
+    // release notes can be a maximum of 125000 characters
+    const githubNotesMaxCharLength = 125000;
+    return input.substring(0, githubNotesMaxCharLength - 1);
+  }
+
+  async createRelease(params: {
     owner: string;
     repo: string;
     tag_name: string;
@@ -93,19 +112,28 @@ export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
     target_commitish: string | undefined;
     discussion_category_name: string | undefined;
     generate_release_notes: boolean | undefined;
-    make_latest: "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined;
+    make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }> {
     if (
-      typeof params.make_latest === "string" &&
+      typeof params.make_latest === 'string' &&
-      !["true", "false", "legacy"].includes(params.make_latest)
+      !['true', 'false', 'legacy'].includes(params.make_latest)
     ) {
       params.make_latest = undefined;
     }
-
+    if (params.generate_release_notes) {
+      const releaseNotes = await this.getReleaseNotes(params);
+      params.generate_release_notes = false;
+      if (params.body) {
+        params.body = `${params.body}\n\n${releaseNotes.data.body}`;
+      } else {
+        params.body = releaseNotes.data.body;
+      }
+    }
+    params.body = params.body ? this.truncateReleaseNotes(params.body) : undefined;
     return this.github.rest.repos.createRelease(params);
   }
 
-  updateRelease(params: {
+  async updateRelease(params: {
     owner: string;
     repo: string;
     release_id: number;
@@ -117,22 +145,37 @@ export class GitHubReleaser implements Releaser {
     prerelease: boolean | undefined;
     discussion_category_name: string | undefined;
     generate_release_notes: boolean | undefined;
-    make_latest: "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined;
+    make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
   }): Promise<{ data: Release }> {
     if (
-      typeof params.make_latest === "string" &&
+      typeof params.make_latest === 'string' &&
-      !["true", "false", "legacy"].includes(params.make_latest)
+      !['true', 'false', 'legacy'].includes(params.make_latest)
     ) {
       params.make_latest = undefined;
     }
-
+    if (params.generate_release_notes) {
+      const releaseNotes = await this.getReleaseNotes(params);
+      params.generate_release_notes = false;
+      if (params.body) {
+        params.body = `${params.body}\n\n${releaseNotes.data.body}`;
+      } else {
+        params.body = releaseNotes.data.body;
+      }
+    }
+    params.body = params.body ? this.truncateReleaseNotes(params.body) : undefined;
     return this.github.rest.repos.updateRelease(params);
   }
 
-  allReleases(params: {
+  async finalizeRelease(params: { owner: string; repo: string; release_id: number }) {
-    owner: string;
+    return await this.github.rest.repos.updateRelease({
-    repo: string;
+      owner: params.owner,
-  }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }> {
+      repo: params.repo,
+      release_id: params.release_id,
+      draft: false,
+    });
+  }
+
+  allReleases(params: { owner: string; repo: string }): AsyncIterableIterator<{ data: Release[] }> {
     const updatedParams = { per_page: 100, ...params };
     return this.github.paginate.iterator(
       this.github.rest.repos.listReleases.endpoint.merge(updatedParams),
@@ -149,7 +192,7 @@ export const asset = (path: string): ReleaseAsset => {
 };
 
 export const mimeOrDefault = (path: string): string => {
-  return lookup(path) || "application/octet-stream";
+  return lookup(path) || 'application/octet-stream';
 };
 
 export const upload = async (
@@ -159,7 +202,7 @@ export const upload = async (
   path: string,
   currentAssets: Array<{ id: number; name: string }>,
 ): Promise<any> => {
-  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split("/");
+  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split('/');
   const { name, mime, size } = asset(path);
   const currentAsset = currentAssets.find(
     // note: GitHub renames asset filenames that have special characters, non-alphanumeric characters, and leading or trailing periods. The "List release assets" endpoint lists the renamed filenames.
@@ -168,28 +211,32 @@ export const upload = async (
     ({ name: currentName }) => currentName == alignAssetName(name),
   );
   if (currentAsset) {
-    console.log(`♻️ Deleting previously uploaded asset ${name}...`);
+    if (config.input_overwrite_files === false) {
-    await github.rest.repos.deleteReleaseAsset({
+      console.log(`Asset ${name} already exists and overwrite_files is false...`);
-      asset_id: currentAsset.id || 1,
+      return null;
-      owner,
+    } else {
-      repo,
+      console.log(`♻️ Deleting previously uploaded asset ${name}...`);
-    });
+      await github.rest.repos.deleteReleaseAsset({
+        asset_id: currentAsset.id || 1,
+        owner,
+        repo,
+      });
+    }
   }
   console.log(`⬆️ Uploading ${name}...`);
   const endpoint = new URL(url);
-  endpoint.searchParams.append("name", name);
+  endpoint.searchParams.append('name', name);
   const fh = await open(path);
   try {
-    const stream = fh.readableWebStream();
     const resp = await github.request({
-      method: "POST",
+      method: 'POST',
       url: endpoint.toString(),
       headers: {
-        "content-length": `${size}`,
+        'content-length': `${size}`,
-        "content-type": mime,
+        'content-type': mime,
         authorization: `token ${config.github_token}`,
       },
-      data: stream,
+      data: fh.readableWebStream({ type: 'bytes' }),
     });
     const json = resp.data;
     if (resp.status !== 201) {
@@ -202,7 +249,7 @@ export const upload = async (
     console.log(`✅ Uploaded ${name}`);
     return json;
   } finally {
-    await fh.close().catch(() => {});
+    await fh.close();
   }
 };
 
@@ -213,25 +260,18 @@ export const release = async (
 ): Promise<Release> => {
   if (maxRetries <= 0) {
     console.log(`❌ Too many retries. Aborting...`);
-    throw new Error("Too many retries.");
+    throw new Error('Too many retries.');
   }
 
-  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split("/");
+  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split('/');
   const tag =
     config.input_tag_name ||
-    (isTag(config.github_ref)
+    (isTag(config.github_ref) ? config.github_ref.replace('refs/tags/', '') : '');
-      ? config.github_ref.replace("refs/tags/", "")
-      : "");
 
   const discussion_category_name = config.input_discussion_category_name;
   const generate_release_notes = config.input_generate_release_notes;
   try {
-    const _release: Release | undefined = await findTagFromReleases(
+    const _release: Release | undefined = await findTagFromReleases(releaser, owner, repo, tag);
-      releaser,
-      owner,
-      repo,
-      tag,
-    );
 
     if (_release === undefined) {
       return await createRelease(
@@ -247,9 +287,7 @@ export const release = async (
     }
 
     let existingRelease: Release = _release!;
-    console.log(
+    console.log(`Found release ${existingRelease.name} (with id=${existingRelease.id})`);
-      `Found release ${existingRelease.name} (with id=${existingRelease.id})`,
-    );
 
     const release_id = existingRelease.id;
     let target_commitish: string;
@@ -271,23 +309,17 @@ export const release = async (
     // body parts as a release gets updated. some users will likely want this while
     // others won't previously this was duplicating content for most which
     // no one wants
-    const workflowBody = releaseBody(config) || "";
+    const workflowBody = releaseBody(config) || '';
-    const existingReleaseBody = existingRelease.body || "";
+    const existingReleaseBody = existingRelease.body || '';
     let body: string;
     if (config.input_append_body && workflowBody && existingReleaseBody) {
-      body = existingReleaseBody + "\n" + workflowBody;
+      body = existingReleaseBody + '\n' + workflowBody;
     } else {
       body = workflowBody || existingReleaseBody;
     }
 
-    const draft =
-      config.input_draft !== undefined
-        ? config.input_draft
-        : existingRelease.draft;
     const prerelease =
-      config.input_prerelease !== undefined
+      config.input_prerelease !== undefined ? config.input_prerelease : existingRelease.prerelease;
-        ? config.input_prerelease
-        : existingRelease.prerelease;
 
     const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
 
@@ -299,7 +331,7 @@ export const release = async (
       target_commitish,
       name,
       body,
-      draft,
+      draft: existingRelease.draft,
       prerelease,
       discussion_category_name,
       generate_release_notes,
@@ -327,6 +359,45 @@ export const release = async (
   }
 };
 
+/**
+ * Finalizes a release by unmarking it as "draft" (if relevant)
+ * after all artifacts have been uploaded.
+ *
+ * @param config - Release configuration as specified by user
+ * @param releaser - The GitHub API wrapper for release operations
+ * @param release - The existing release to be finalized
+ * @param maxRetries - The maximum number of attempts to finalize the release
+ */
+export const finalizeRelease = async (
+  config: Config,
+  releaser: Releaser,
+  release: Release,
+  maxRetries: number = 3,
+): Promise<Release> => {
+  if (config.input_draft === true) {
+    return release;
+  }
+
+  if (maxRetries <= 0) {
+    console.log(`❌ Too many retries. Aborting...`);
+    throw new Error('Too many retries.');
+  }
+
+  const [owner, repo] = config.github_repository.split('/');
+  try {
+    const { data } = await releaser.finalizeRelease({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      release_id: release.id,
+    });
+
+    return data;
+  } catch {
+    console.log(`retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`);
+    return finalizeRelease(config, releaser, release, maxRetries - 1);
+  }
+};
+
 /**
  * Finds a release by tag name from all a repository's releases.
  *
@@ -367,17 +438,14 @@ async function createRelease(
   const tag_name = tag;
   const name = config.input_name || tag;
   const body = releaseBody(config);
-  const draft = config.input_draft;
   const prerelease = config.input_prerelease;
   const target_commitish = config.input_target_commitish;
   const make_latest = config.input_make_latest;
-  let commitMessage: string = "";
+  let commitMessage: string = '';
   if (target_commitish) {
     commitMessage = ` using commit "${target_commitish}"`;
   }
-  console.log(
+  console.log(`👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}${commitMessage}...`);
-    `👩‍🏭 Creating new GitHub release for tag ${tag_name}${commitMessage}...`,
-  );
   try {
     let release = await releaser.createRelease({
       owner,
@@ -385,7 +453,7 @@ async function createRelease(
       tag_name,
       name,
       body,
-      draft,
+      draft: true,
       prerelease,
       target_commitish,
       discussion_category_name,
@@ -401,17 +469,27 @@ async function createRelease(
     switch (error.status) {
       case 403:
         console.log(
-          "Skip retry — your GitHub token/PAT does not have the required permission to create a release",
+          'Skip retry — your GitHub token/PAT does not have the required permission to create a release',
         );
         throw error;
 
       case 404:
-        console.log("Skip retry - discussion category mismatch");
+        console.log('Skip retry - discussion category mismatch');
         throw error;
 
       case 422:
-        console.log("Skip retry - validation failed");
+        // Check if this is a race condition with "already_exists" error
-        throw error;
+        const errorData = error.response?.data;
+        if (errorData?.errors?.[0]?.code === 'already_exists') {
+          console.log(
+            '⚠️ Release already exists (race condition detected), retrying to find and update existing release...',
+          );
+          // Don't throw - allow retry to find existing release
+        } else {
+          console.log('Skip retry - validation failed');
+          throw error;
+        }
+        break;
     }
 
     console.log(`retrying... (${maxRetries - 1} retries remaining)`);

src/main.ts

@@ -1,28 +1,18 @@
-import {
+import { setFailed, setOutput } from '@actions/core';
-  paths,
+import { getOctokit } from '@actions/github';
-  parseConfig,
+import { GitHubReleaser, release, finalizeRelease, upload } from './github';
-  isTag,
+import { isTag, parseConfig, paths, unmatchedPatterns, uploadUrl } from './util';
-  unmatchedPatterns,
-  uploadUrl,
-} from "./util";
-import { release, upload, GitHubReleaser } from "./github";
-import { getOctokit } from "@actions/github";
-import { setFailed, setOutput } from "@actions/core";
 
-import { env } from "process";
+import { env } from 'process';
 
 async function run() {
   try {
     const config = parseConfig(env);
-    if (
+    if (!config.input_tag_name && !isTag(config.github_ref) && !config.input_draft) {
-      !config.input_tag_name &&
-      !isTag(config.github_ref) &&
-      !config.input_draft
-    ) {
       throw new Error(`⚠️ GitHub Releases requires a tag`);
     }
     if (config.input_files) {
-      const patterns = unmatchedPatterns(config.input_files);
+      const patterns = unmatchedPatterns(config.input_files, config.input_working_directory);
       patterns.forEach((pattern) => {
         if (config.input_fail_on_unmatched_files) {
           throw new Error(`⚠️  Pattern '${pattern}' does not match any files.`);
@@ -44,9 +34,7 @@ async function run() {
       //new oktokit(
       throttle: {
         onRateLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
-          console.warn(
+          console.warn(`Request quota exhausted for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`);
-            `Request quota exhausted for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`,
-          );
           if (options.request.retryCount === 0) {
             // only retries once
             console.log(`Retrying after ${retryAfter} seconds!`);
@@ -55,56 +43,53 @@ async function run() {
         },
         onAbuseLimit: (retryAfter, options) => {
           // does not retry, only logs a warning
-          console.warn(
+          console.warn(`Abuse detected for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`);
-            `Abuse detected for request ${options.method} ${options.url}`,
-          );
         },
       },
     });
     //);
-    const rel = await release(config, new GitHubReleaser(gh));
+    const releaser = new GitHubReleaser(gh);
+    let rel = await release(config, releaser);
     if (config.input_files && config.input_files.length > 0) {
-      const files = paths(config.input_files);
+      const files = paths(config.input_files, config.input_working_directory);
       if (files.length == 0) {
         if (config.input_fail_on_unmatched_files) {
-          throw new Error(
+          throw new Error(`⚠️ ${config.input_files} does not include a valid file.`);
-            `⚠️ ${config.input_files} does not include a valid file.`,
-          );
         } else {
-          console.warn(
+          console.warn(`🤔 ${config.input_files} does not include a valid file.`);
-            `🤔 ${config.input_files} does not include a valid file.`,
-          );
         }
       }
       const currentAssets = rel.assets;
 
       const uploadFile = async (path) => {
-        const json = await upload(
+        const json = await upload(config, gh, uploadUrl(rel.upload_url), path, currentAssets);
-          config,
+        if (json) {
-          gh,
+          delete json.uploader;
-          uploadUrl(rel.upload_url),
+        }
-          path,
-          currentAssets,
-        );
-        delete json.uploader;
         return json;
       };
 
-      let assets;
+      let results: (any | null)[];
       if (!config.input_preserve_order) {
-        assets = await Promise.all(files.map(uploadFile));
+        results = await Promise.all(files.map(uploadFile));
       } else {
-        assets = [];
+        results = [];
         for (const path of files) {
-          assets.push(await uploadFile(path));
+          results.push(await uploadFile(path));
         }
       }
-      setOutput("assets", assets);
+
+      const assets = results.filter(Boolean);
+      setOutput('assets', assets);
     }
+
+    console.log('Finalizing release...');
+    rel = await finalizeRelease(config, releaser, rel);
+
     console.log(`🎉 Release ready at ${rel.html_url}`);
-    setOutput("url", rel.html_url);
+    setOutput('url', rel.html_url);
-    setOutput("id", rel.id.toString());
+    setOutput('id', rel.id.toString());
-    setOutput("upload_url", rel.upload_url);
+    setOutput('upload_url', rel.upload_url);
   } catch (error) {
     setFailed(error.message);
   }

src/util.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import * as glob from "glob";
+import * as glob from 'glob';
-import { statSync, readFileSync } from "fs";
+import { statSync, readFileSync } from 'fs';
+import * as pathLib from 'path';
 
 export interface Config {
   github_token: string;
@@ -12,6 +13,8 @@ export interface Config {
   input_body?: string;
   input_body_path?: string;
   input_files?: string[];
+  input_working_directory?: string;
+  input_overwrite_files?: boolean;
   input_draft?: boolean;
   input_preserve_order?: boolean;
   input_prerelease?: boolean;
@@ -20,11 +23,11 @@ export interface Config {
   input_discussion_category_name?: string;
   input_generate_release_notes?: boolean;
   input_append_body?: boolean;
-  input_make_latest: "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined;
+  input_make_latest: 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined;
 }
 
 export const uploadUrl = (url: string): string => {
-  const templateMarkerPos = url.indexOf("{");
+  const templateMarkerPos = url.indexOf('{');
   if (templateMarkerPos > -1) {
     return url.substring(0, templateMarkerPos);
   }
@@ -32,87 +35,123 @@ export const uploadUrl = (url: string): string => {
 };
 
 export const releaseBody = (config: Config): string | undefined => {
-  return (
+  if (config.input_body_path) {
-    (config.input_body_path &&
+    try {
-      readFileSync(config.input_body_path).toString("utf8")) ||
+      const contents = readFileSync(config.input_body_path, 'utf8');
-    config.input_body
+      return contents;
-  );
+    } catch (err: any) {
+      console.warn(
+        `⚠️ Failed to read body_path "${config.input_body_path}" (${err?.code ?? 'ERR'}). Falling back to 'body' input.`,
+      );
+    }
+  }
+  return config.input_body;
 };
 
 type Env = { [key: string]: string | undefined };
 
+const smartSplit = (input: string): string[] => {
+  const result: string[] = [];
+  let current = '';
+  let braceDepth = 0;
+
+  for (const ch of input) {
+    if (ch === '{') {
+      braceDepth++;
+    }
+    if (ch === '}') {
+      braceDepth--;
+    }
+    if (ch === ',' && braceDepth === 0) {
+      if (current.trim()) {
+        result.push(current.trim());
+      }
+      current = '';
+    } else {
+      current += ch;
+    }
+  }
+  if (current.trim()) {
+    result.push(current.trim());
+  }
+  return result;
+};
+
 export const parseInputFiles = (files: string): string[] => {
-  return files.split(/\r?\n/).reduce<string[]>(
+  return files
-    (acc, line) =>
+    .split(/\r?\n/)
-      acc
+    .flatMap((line) => smartSplit(line))
-        .concat(line.split(","))
+    .filter((pat) => pat.trim() !== '');
-        .filter((pat) => pat)
-        .map((pat) => pat.trim()),
-    [],
-  );
 };
 
 export const parseConfig = (env: Env): Config => {
   return {
-    github_token: env.GITHUB_TOKEN || env.INPUT_TOKEN || "",
+    github_token: env.GITHUB_TOKEN || env.INPUT_TOKEN || '',
-    github_ref: env.GITHUB_REF || "",
+    github_ref: env.GITHUB_REF || '',
-    github_repository: env.INPUT_REPOSITORY || env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY || "",
+    github_repository: env.INPUT_REPOSITORY || env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY || '',
     input_name: env.INPUT_NAME,
     input_tag_name: env.INPUT_TAG_NAME?.trim(),
     input_body: env.INPUT_BODY,
     input_body_path: env.INPUT_BODY_PATH,
-    input_files: parseInputFiles(env.INPUT_FILES || ""),
+    input_files: parseInputFiles(env.INPUT_FILES || ''),
-    input_draft: env.INPUT_DRAFT ? env.INPUT_DRAFT === "true" : undefined,
+    input_working_directory: env.INPUT_WORKING_DIRECTORY || undefined,
-    input_preserve_order: env.INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER
+    input_overwrite_files: env.INPUT_OVERWRITE_FILES
-      ? env.INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER == "true"
+      ? env.INPUT_OVERWRITE_FILES == 'true'
       : undefined,
-    input_prerelease: env.INPUT_PRERELEASE
+    input_draft: env.INPUT_DRAFT ? env.INPUT_DRAFT === 'true' : undefined,
-      ? env.INPUT_PRERELEASE == "true"
+    input_preserve_order: env.INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER ? env.INPUT_PRESERVE_ORDER == 'true' : undefined,
-      : undefined,
+    input_prerelease: env.INPUT_PRERELEASE ? env.INPUT_PRERELEASE == 'true' : undefined,
-    input_fail_on_unmatched_files: env.INPUT_FAIL_ON_UNMATCHED_FILES == "true",
+    input_fail_on_unmatched_files: env.INPUT_FAIL_ON_UNMATCHED_FILES == 'true',
     input_target_commitish: env.INPUT_TARGET_COMMITISH || undefined,
-    input_discussion_category_name:
+    input_discussion_category_name: env.INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME || undefined,
-      env.INPUT_DISCUSSION_CATEGORY_NAME || undefined,
+    input_generate_release_notes: env.INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES == 'true',
-    input_generate_release_notes: env.INPUT_GENERATE_RELEASE_NOTES == "true",
+    input_append_body: env.INPUT_APPEND_BODY == 'true',
-    input_append_body: env.INPUT_APPEND_BODY == "true",
     input_make_latest: parseMakeLatest(env.INPUT_MAKE_LATEST),
   };
 };
 
-const parseMakeLatest = (
+const parseMakeLatest = (value: string | undefined): 'true' | 'false' | 'legacy' | undefined => {
-  value: string | undefined,
+  if (value === 'true' || value === 'false' || value === 'legacy') {
-): "true" | "false" | "legacy" | undefined => {
-  if (value === "true" || value === "false" || value === "legacy") {
     return value;
   }
   return undefined;
 };
 
-export const paths = (patterns: string[]): string[] => {
+export const paths = (patterns: string[], cwd?: string): string[] => {
   return patterns.reduce((acc: string[], pattern: string): string[] => {
-    return acc.concat(
+    const matches = glob.sync(pattern, { cwd, dot: true, absolute: false });
-      glob
+    const resolved = matches
-        .sync(pattern)
+      .map((p) => (cwd ? pathLib.join(cwd, p) : p))
-        .filter((path) => statSync(path).isFile())
+      .filter((p) => {
-        .map((path) => path.replace(/\\/g, "/")),
+        try {
-    );
+          return statSync(p).isFile();
+        } catch {
+          return false;
+        }
+      });
+    return acc.concat(resolved);
   }, []);
 };
 
-export const unmatchedPatterns = (patterns: string[]): string[] => {
+export const unmatchedPatterns = (patterns: string[], cwd?: string): string[] => {
   return patterns.reduce((acc: string[], pattern: string): string[] => {
-    return acc.concat(
+    const matches = glob.sync(pattern, { cwd, dot: true, absolute: false });
-      glob.sync(pattern).filter((path) => statSync(path).isFile()).length == 0
+    const files = matches.filter((p) => {
-        ? [pattern]
+      try {
-        : [],
+        const full = cwd ? pathLib.join(cwd, p) : p;
-    );
+        return statSync(full).isFile();
+      } catch {
+        return false;
+      }
+    });
+    return acc.concat(files.length == 0 ? [pattern] : []);
   }, []);
 };
 
 export const isTag = (ref: string): boolean => {
-  return ref.startsWith("refs/tags/");
+  return ref.startsWith('refs/tags/');
 };
 
 export const alignAssetName = (assetName: string): string => {
-  return assetName.replace(/ /g, ".");
+  return assetName.replace(/ /g, '.');
 };