Compares versions in package.json and package-lock.json and check they are higher than the latest published tag also does for Cargo and Poetry manager

This action can read package.json and package-lock.json as well as Cargo.toml and pyproject.toml version property and asserts that they are the same.

The action then gets all tags, selects the newest one per semver rules and checks that your local version is higher than newest published tag.

To use this action in your workflow, provide these inputs:

with:
  package_manager: 'npm' // optional
  npm_package_location: './' // optional
  cargo_package_location: './' // optional
  poetry_package_location: './' // optional
  token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
  fail_on_same_version: 'true' // optional

input	required	default	description
package_manager	N	npm	Provide a package manager as a string. 'npm' is default, other options: cargo, poetry
npm_package_location	N	./	If package.json and package-lock.json are not in the root directory, provide the correct path to their location.
cargo_package_location	N	./	Provide path to Cargo.toml file. Default is ./
poetry_package_location	N	./	Provide path to pyproject.toml file. Default is ./
token	Y	-	Provide ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} so the action can access the GitHub API
fail_on_same_version	N	true	Set whether the action should fail if the version exactly matches the latest published tag.

This action produces these outputs:

is_new_version:
    description: 'boolean indicating if this is a new version'
version:
    description: 'current version'
build_date:
    description: 'date of the build'
is_prerelease:
    description: 'boolean indicating if this is a prerelease'
npm_release_tag:
    description: 'release tag for npm packages. `latest` or `next`'