This GitHub Action updates major version tags (e.g. v1, v2) when semantic versioning tag is pushed. If v1.2.3 tag is pushed, it updates v1 tag. It works well with GitHub Action versioning.

Create a workflow .yml file in your .github/workflows directory. An example workflow is available below. For more information, reference the GitHub Help Documentation for Creating a workflow file.

name: Update Major Version Tag

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "v*"

jobs:
  update-majorver:
    name: Update Major Version Tag
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: nowactions/update-majorver@v1

Install dependencies.

npm install

Run tests.

npm test

• Bump up the version in package.json
• Commit the changes
• Run npm run release