Github Actions - Get commit summary

Get the commits from the previous tag.

Inputs

• ref: ${{ GitHub.ref }}. The new tag.

Outputs

• summary: The hash commits and commit messages

example

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Example workflow

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'
jobs:
  build:
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      # get commit summary
      - name: Get commit summary
        uses: actions/commit-summary@v1
        id: get_commit_summary
        with:
          ref: ${{ github.ref }}

      # create release
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
          body: |
            ${{ steps.get_commit_summary.outputs.summary }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false