To create or advance a release, simply run make release VERSION='$semver', e.g.

• `make release VERSION='1.2.3'
• `make release VERSION='1.2.3-rc1'

To run the process without making external changes (GitHub, Quay...), run the command with DRY_RUN=true.

Make sure you set the GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable to a Personal Access Token which has at least public_repo access to your repository.

By default, the action will try to push to the GitHub account used in the origin remote. If you want to use a specific GitHub account, set GITHUB_ACTOR to the desired account, e.g.

• make release VERSION='1.2.3' GITHUB_ACTOR='octocat'