GitHub Action to check if your application is using the latest versions of GitHub repositories.

This action would be useful if this is run on schedule.

Either release or tag is required.

github_token is required even for accessing public repositories. If you are afraid to use ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}, you can use another token with no permissions.

The action succeeds if the latest release excluding pre-releases starts with the input release or the latest tag starts with the input tag.

Note that v1 does not match v10.2.3, for instance.

.github/workflows/check.yml

name: check latest versions
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  schedule:
    - cron: '13 0 * * *'

jobs:
  check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
    timeout-minutes: 1

    steps:
      - name: check the latest version of https://github.com/actions/checkout
        uses: ninotosh/check-github-repo-latest-version@v1
        with:
          release: actions/checkout@v3
          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}