use a build id

action.yml

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ inputs:
   shaAsVersion:
     description: 'whether to use the commit SHA as the version for the updater JSON file or not.'
     default: false
+  buildIdAsVersion:
+    description: 'whether to use a custom CI based build id as the version for the updater JSON file or not.'
+    default: false
   updaterJsonPreferNsis:
     description: 'whether the action will use the NSIS (setup.exe) or WiX (.msi) bundles for the updater JSON if both types exist. Will default to false for Tauri v1 and true for Tauri v2+'
   updaterJsonKeepUniversal:

src/index.ts

@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
-import { resolve, dirname, basename } from 'path';
+import { basename, dirname, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import * as core from '@actions/core';
 import { context } from '@actions/github';
 import stringArgv from 'string-argv';
 
+import { buildProject } from './build';
 import { createRelease } from './create-release';
 import { uploadAssets as uploadReleaseAssets } from './upload-release-assets';
 import { uploadVersionJSON } from './upload-version-json';
-import { buildProject } from './build';
 import { execCommand, getInfo, getTargetInfo } from './utils';
 
 import type { Artifact, BuildOptions, InitOptions } from './types';
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const includeDebug = core.getBooleanInput('includeDebug');
     const includeUpdaterJson = core.getBooleanInput('includeUpdaterJson');
     const shaAsVersion = core.getBooleanInput('shaAsVersion');
+    const buildIdAsVersion = core.getBooleanInput('buildIdAsVersion');
     const updaterJsonKeepUniversal = core.getBooleanInput(
       'updaterJsonKeepUniversal',
     );
@@ -108,6 +109,10 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
     const targetInfo = getTargetInfo(targetPath);
     const info = getInfo(projectPath, targetInfo, configArg);
 
+    const githubRunId = context.runId;
+    const githubRunNumber = context.runNumber;
+    const buildId = `${githubRunId}${githubRunNumber}`;
+
     if (tagName && !releaseId) {
       const templates = [
         {
@@ -122,6 +127,10 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
           key: '__SHA__',
           value: context.sha,
         },
+        {
+          key: '__BUILD_ID__',
+          value: buildId,
+        },
         {
           key: '__BRANCH__',
           value: context.ref.replace('refs/heads/', ''),
@@ -184,7 +193,11 @@ async function run(): Promise<void> {
         await uploadVersionJSON({
           owner,
           repo,
-          version: shaAsVersion ? context.sha.substring(0, 7) : info.version,
+          version: shaAsVersion
+            ? context.sha.substring(0, 7)
+            : buildIdAsVersion
+              ? buildId
+              : info.version,
           notes: body,
           tagName,
           releaseId,