YAML Update Action

Update values in an existing YAML or JSON File. Push this updated File to an existing branch or create a new branch. Open a PullRequest to a configurable targetBranch. It is also possible to change the file locally without committing the change.

Use Cases

Change a local YAML file without committing the change

With the latest release, the content of your actual file will be updated by default. So, you just need to skip the commit of your change.

name: 'workflow'
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main

jobs:
  test-update-file:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Update values.yaml
        uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'file.yaml'
          propertyPath: 'file.version'
          value: v1.0.1
          commitChange: false

Update Helm Chart after a new Docker Image was build

Update the image version configuration inside of my helm values.yaml after the related GitHub Workflow build and pushed a new version of my Docker Image to the GitHub Package Registry.

env:
  IMAGE_NAME: image

jobs:
  push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Build app image
        run: docker build . --tag image

      - name: Log into registry
        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login docker.pkg.github.com -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin

      - name: Push app image
        id: image
        run: |
          IMAGE_ID=docker.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository }}/$FILES_IMAGE_NAME
          # Strip git ref prefix from version
          VERSION=$(echo "${{ github.ref }}" | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')
          # Strip "v" prefix from tag name
          [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == "refs/tags/"* ]] && VERSION=$(echo $VERSION | sed -e 's/^v//')
          # Use Docker `latest` tag convention
          [ "$VERSION" == "main" ] && VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.sha }} | cut -c1-8)
          echo IMAGE_ID=$IMAGE_ID
          echo VERSION=$VERSION
          docker tag image $IMAGE_ID:$VERSION
          docker push $IMAGE_ID:$VERSION
          echo "::set-output name=version::$VERSION"

      - name: Update Image Version in the related HelmChart values.yaml
        uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'deployment/helm/values.yaml'
          propertyPath: 'backend.version'
          value: ${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
          branch: deployment/${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
          targetBranch: development
          createPR: true
          message: 'Update Image Version to ${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}' 

Input Arguments

Base Configurations

Argument	Description	Default
valueFile	relative path from the Workspace Directory	required Field if changes is not used
propertyPath	PropertyPath for the new value, JSONPath supported	required Field if changes is not used
value	New value for the related PropertyPath	required Field if changes is not used
changes	Configure changes on multiple values and/or multiple files. Expects all changes as JSON, supported formats are {"filepath":{"propertyPath":"value"}} and {"propertyPath":"value"}. If you use the second format, it uses the filepath provided from the valueFile intput.
updateFile	(deprecated) the updated content will be written into the actual file by default	false
workDir	Relative location of the configured repository	.
format	Specify the used format parser of your file. WIll be guessed by file extension if not provided and uses YAML as fallback. Supports YAML and JSON
method	Configures the processing of none existing properties. Possible values: CreateOrUpdate, Update, Create	CreateOrUpdate
noCompatMode	Removes quotes from reserved words, like Y, N, yes, no, on, etc.	false
quotingType	used quotes for string values in YAML output	'

Methods

Determine the behavior for none existing properties or array elements.

Enum	Description
CreateOrUpdate	Updates existing values or creates them if not available
Update	Updates existing values, skips the change if not
Create	Creates none existing values, skips the change if the property already exists

Git related Configurations

Argument	Description	Default
commitChange	Commit the change to branch with the given message	true
message	Commit message for the changed YAML file	''
labels	Comma separated list of labels, e.g. "feature, yaml-updates"	'yaml-updates'
createPR	Create a PR from branch to targetBranch. Use 'true' to enable it	false
title	Custom title for the created Pull Request	'Merge: {{message}}'
description	Custom description for the created Pull Request	''
targetBranch	Opens a PR from branch to targetBranch if createPR is set to 'true'	master
repository	The Repository where the YAML file is located and should be updated. You have to checkout this repository too and set the working-directory for this action to the same as the repository. See the example below	${{github.repository}}
branch	The updated YAML file will be committed to this branch, branch will be created if not exists	master
force	Allows force pushes	false
masterBranchName	Branch name of your master branch	master
masterBranchName	Branch name of your master branch	master
githubAPI	BaseURL for all GitHub REST API requests	https://api.github.com
token	GitHub API Token which is used to create the PR, have to have right permissions for the selected repository	${{github.token}}
commitUserName	Name used for the commit user	github-actions[bot]
commitUserEmail	Email address used for the commit user	41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com

Output

• commit Git Commit SHA
• pull_request Git PR Information

Debug Information

Enable Debug mode to get information about

• YAML parse and update results
• Git Steps

Known Issues

In this first version the updated YAML file will not be patched. It is parsed into JSON, after the update its converted back to YAML. This means that comments and blank lines will be removed in this process and the intend of the updated content can be different to the previous.

By default, each value will be interpreted as string. To use other kinds of value types you can use the specified YAML tags as shown here: JS-YAML -Supported YAML types. Use this syntax as string, see the test workflows as example

Examples

Multi Value Changes

jobs:
  test-multiple-value-changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'deployment/helm/values.yaml'
          branch: deployment/dev
          targetBranch: main
          createPR: 'true'
          description: Test GitHub Action
          message: 'Update All Images' 
          title: 'Version Updates '
          changes: |
            {
              "backend.version": "${{ steps.image.outputs.backend.version }}",
              "frontend.version": "${{ steps.image.outputs.frontend.version }}"
            }

Multi File Changes

jobs:
  test-multiple-file-changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'deployment/helm/values.yaml'
          branch: deployment/v1.0.1
          targetBranch: main
          createPR: 'true'
          description: Test GitHub Action
          message: 'Update All Images' 
          title: 'Version Updates '
          changes: |
            {
              "__tests__/fixtures/values.dev.yaml": {
                "backend.version": "v1.0.1"
              },
              "__tests__/fixtures/values.stage.yaml": {
                "backend.version": "v1.0.1"
              },
              "__tests__/fixtures/values.prod.yaml": {
                "backend.version": "v1.0.1"
              }
            }

Change a YAML Multifile

Yaml supports multiple documents in a single file separated by ---. To update such a file, start the property path with the index of the document to be changed.

jobs:
  test-multifile-changes:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'deployment/helm/values.yaml'
          branch: deployment/v1.0.1
          targetBranch: main
          createPR: 'true'
          description: Test GitHub Action
          message: 'Update Images'
          title: 'Version Updates '
          changes: |
            {
              "__tests__/fixtures/multivalue.yaml": {
                "[0].backend.version": "v1.1.0",
                "[1].containers[1].image": "node:alpine"
              }
            }

Advanced Example with an separate target repository

env:
  IMAGE_NAME: image

jobs:
  push:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
            path: main

      - name: Build app image
        run: docker build . --tag image
        working-directory: ./main

      - name: Log into registry
        run: echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login docker.pkg.github.com -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin

      - name: Push app image
        id: image
        run: |
          IMAGE_ID=docker.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository }}/$FILES_IMAGE_NAME
          ....
          echo "::set-output name=version::$VERSION"

      - name: Checkout Target Repository
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
        with:
          repository: owner/target-repository
          path: infrastructure
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} 

      - name: Update Image Version in the related HelmChart values.yaml
        uses: fjogeleit/yaml-update-action@main
        with:
          valueFile: 'deployment/helm/values.yaml'
          propertyPath: 'backend.version'
          value: ${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
          repository: owner/target-repository
          branch: deployment/${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}
          targetBranch: development
          createPR: true
          message: 'Update Image Version to ${{ steps.image.outputs.version }}'
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          workDir: infrastructure