GitHub Releases

Publish releases to GitHub with binary assets, checksums, and changelog.

Configuration

publishers:
  - type: github

Options

Option	Description	Default
draft	Create as draft release	false
prerelease	Mark as prerelease	false
assets	Additional asset patterns	Auto-detected

Examples

Basic Release

publishers:
  - type: github

Automatically uploads:

• Built binaries from dist/
• SHA256 checksums
• Generated changelog

Draft Release

publishers:
  - type: github
    draft: true

Prerelease

publishers:
  - type: github
    prerelease: true

Custom Assets

publishers:
  - type: github
    assets:
      - dist/*.tar.gz
      - dist/*.zip
      - docs/manual.pdf

Environment Variables

Variable	Description
GITHUB_TOKEN	GitHub personal access token (required)

Generated Assets

For a cross-platform Go build, GitHub releases include:

myapp_1.0.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz
myapp_1.0.0_linux_arm64.tar.gz
myapp_1.0.0_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
myapp_1.0.0_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
myapp_1.0.0_windows_amd64.zip
checksums.txt