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Set-GitHubRelease

SYNOPSIS

Update a release

SYNTAX

Set-GitHubRelease [[-Owner] <String>] [[-Repo] <String>] [-ID] <String> [[-TagName] <String>]
 [[-TargetCommitish] <String>] [[-Name] <String>] [[-Body] <String>] [-Draft] [-Prerelease]
 [[-DiscussionCategoryName] <String>] [[-MakeLatest] <String>] [-ProgressAction <ActionPreference>] [-WhatIf]
 [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Users with push access to the repository can edit a release.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Set-GitHubRelease -Owner 'octocat' -Repo 'hello-world' -ID '1234567' -Body 'Release notes'

Updates the release with the ID '1234567' for the repository 'octocat/hello-world' with the body 'Release notes'.

PARAMETERS

-Owner

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 1
Default value: (Get-GitHubContextSetting -Name Owner)
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Repo

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 2
Default value: (Get-GitHubContextSetting -Name Repo)
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ID

The unique identifier of the release.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: release_id

Required: True
Position: 3
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TagName

The name of the tag.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: tag_name

Required: False
Position: 4
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-TargetCommitish

Specifies the commitish value that determines where the Git tag is created from. Can be any branch or commit SHA. Unused if the Git tag already exists. API Default: the repository's default branch.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: target_commitish

Required: False
Position: 5
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Name

The name of the release.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 6
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Body

Text describing the contents of the tag.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: 7
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Draft

Whether the release is a draft.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Prerelease

Whether to identify the release as a prerelease.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-DiscussionCategoryName

If specified, a discussion of the specified category is created and linked to the release. The value must be a category that already exists in the repository. For more information, see Managing categories for discussions in your repository.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: discussion_category_name

Required: False
Position: 8
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-MakeLatest

Specifies whether this release should be set as the latest release for the repository. Drafts and prereleases cannot be set as latest. Defaults to true for newly published releases. legacy specifies that the latest release should be determined based on the release creation date and higher semantic version.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: make_latest

Required: False
Position: 9
Default value: True
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ProgressAction

{{ Fill ProgressAction Description }}

Type: ActionPreference
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: proga

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

OUTPUTS

System.Management.Automation.PSObject

NOTES

Update a release