No tag found in ref or input!

Error-> Error undefined: No tag found in ref or input!

I’m using the source tree for tagging the commits & also tried this command ->

git tag v1.0.5
git push origin v1.0.5
git push -u origin master

maybe I’m doing something wrong.I’m new to GitHub actions.

workflow file:-

name: Build
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        node-version: [12.x]

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2.1.0

      - name: Cache node modules
        uses: actions/cache@v1.1.2
        with:
          path: ~/.npm
          key: ${{ runner.os }}-node-${{ hashFiles('**/package-lock.json') }}
          restore-keys: |
            ${{ runner.os }}-node-
      - name: Node ${{ matrix.node-version }}
        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
        with:
          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
      - name: npm install and npm run build
        run: |
          npm i
          npm run build
      - name: Push Build to Releases
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          artifacts: "dist/paper-dj-ui/*"
          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}

Thanks & regards, saurabh

[UVLabs]

Hi @saurabh47,

That error is indicating that the action doesn’t know which tag to use to create the release. There are a couple of ways to specify the tag:

Run your job on tag push

If you check out the example in the readme, you can see how to set this up: https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action#example .

The important bit is:

on: 
  push:
    tags:
    - '*'

Explicitly specify the tag as an input argument

You can manually pass in the tag via an input action - see https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action#action-inputs

In your example you would update your workflow to something like this:

- name: Push Build to Releases
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          artifacts: "dist/paper-dj-ui/*"
          tag: v1.0.5
          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}

Given your example above I think you would probably want to go with the first option, since this will automatically work with what seems to be your use case.

This should be in the docs

[heypran]

Hi @saurabh47, That error is indicating that the action doesn’t know which tag to use to create the release. There are a couple of ways to specify the tag:

Run your job on tag push

If you check out the example in the readme, you can see how to set this up: https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action#example . The important bit is:

on: 
  push:
    tags:
    - '*'

Explicitly specify the tag as an input argument

You can manually pass in the tag via an input action - see https://github.com/ncipollo/release-action#action-inputs In your example you would update your workflow to something like this:

- name: Push Build to Releases
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          artifacts: "dist/paper-dj-ui/*"
          tag: v1.0.5
          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}

Given your example above I think you would probably want to go with the first option, since this will automatically work with what seems to be your use case.

Hi, I am facing the same error but I am explicitly providing the tag name. I cannot use the auto-trigger as I am generating the tag via another action and that is rerunning the workflow. here is my action input–

      - name: Create a Release 
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          tag: "${{ steps.release_tag.outputs.new_tag }}"
          commit: $GITHUB_SHA
          artifacts: "/*.txt"
          token: ${{ secrets.GIT_TOKEN }}

I have been trying to solve this since a long time. What am I doing wrong here?

Okay I got it! This is why it was not working - https://github.community/t5/GitHub-Actions/Output-from-one-step-with-ID-to-another-is-empty/td-p/44432 I found a work around. Thank you anyways.