readysteady

A simple way to upload your assets and prepare a new draft release on GitHub

What readysteady does is quite simple:

1. Checks that a release for the specified tag doesn't already exist
2. Checks if you want to delete an existing draft release for a tagged version and replace with a new one
3. Create a draft GitHub release with the name being the same as the tag, except for the v prefix
4. Upload the corresponding file assets

To authenticate with GitHub, it depends on a GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable.

Why? Interacting directly with the GitHub API, or using one of the many API clients, involves using multiple calls and checks to achieve what should be quite a simple task. readysteady wraps this all up into a self-contained command with a friendly UX that works great directly on your desktop or within CI.

Install

$ npm install --global readysteady

Example usage

export GITHUB_TOKEN=xyz123

readysteady \
	--owner=davidwinter \
	--repo=readysteady \
	--tag=v1.0.0 \
	--files=latest.yml \
	--files=readysteady.dmg \
	--force

The --force flag is used to delete any existing draft release and replace it with a new one.

License

MIT © 2021 David Winter