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Generate update manifest

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Generate update manifest

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Generate update manifest

GitHub action to generate update manifest files for self distributed Firefox addons

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

              

- name: Generate update manifest

uses: 2zqa/[email protected]

Learn more about this action in 2zqa/generate-update-manifest

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This action generates an update manifest file for self distributed Firefox addons based on the releases. Recommended to be used with GitHub Pages or any other static file hoster.

Note: This action only works on public repositories, as releases on private repositories are not publicly accessible.

Inputs

addon-id

Required The ID of the addon. Can be found under the technical details section in the extension overview on https://addons.mozilla.org. For example: {f05c7275-f183-4f0a-87ed-e3e61fc9ae0a} or [email protected].

output-file

The path to the generated update manifest file. Defaults to ./updates.json.

github-token

GitHub token to retrieve releases with. Defaults to ${{ github.token }}.

repository

The repository to retrieve releases from. Defaults to ${{ github.repository }}. For example: 2zqa/startpagina.

asset-filter

A glob pattern to filter the assets by. For example: *.xpi.

Outputs

manifest

The path to the generated update manifest file. Equal to the input output-file.

Example usage

Note: Make sure that you match only one asset with the asset-filter input. Otherwise the action will pick the first asset that matches the filter.

uses: 2zqa/generate-update-manifest@v1
with:
  addon-id: ${{ env.ADDON_ID }}
  asset-filter: '*.xpi'

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License.

Contributing

This project welcomes contributions and suggestions. Please open an issue or create a pull request to contribute.

This project follows the Action Versioning workflow.

Further reading