feat: add generate from latest tag

__tests__/util.test.ts

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -95,6 +97,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         })
       );
     });
@@ -129,6 +132,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -155,6 +159,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -180,6 +185,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: "releases",
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: true,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -235,6 +242,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -262,6 +270,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -313,6 +322,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: "false",
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });
@@ -338,6 +348,7 @@ describe("util", () => {
           input_discussion_category_name: undefined,
           input_generate_release_notes: false,
           input_make_latest: undefined,
+          input_previous_tag: undefined,
         }
       );
     });

action.yml

@@ -43,14 +43,16 @@ inputs:
   generate_release_notes:
     description: "Whether to automatically generate the name and body for this release. If name is specified, the specified name will be used; otherwise, a name will be automatically generated. If body is specified, the body will be pre-pended to the automatically generated notes."
     required: false
+  previous_tag:
+    description: "The tag name of the previous release. If not specified, the previous tag will be detected automatically."
+    required: false
+    default: ""
   append_body:
     description: "Append to existing body instead of overwriting it. Default is false."
     required: false
   make_latest:
     description: "Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Can be `true`, `false`, or `legacy`. Uses GitHub api default if not provided"
     required: false
-env:
-  "GITHUB_TOKEN": "As provided by Github Actions"
 outputs:
   url:
     description: "URL to the Release HTML Page"