add option 'rm' (#156)

.github/workflows/test.yml

@@ -19,20 +19,21 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       
-    - run: echo "Build some tool and generate some artifacts" > artifact.txt
+    - run: echo "Build some tool and generate some (versioned) artifacts" > artifact-$(date -u +"%Y-%m-%dT%H-%M-%SZ").txt
 
     - name: Single
       uses: ./
       with:
+        rm: true
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        files: artifact.txt
+        files: artifact-*.txt
 
     - name: List
       uses: ./
       with:
         token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         files: |
-          artifact.txt
+          artifact-*.txt
           README.md
 
     - run: |

README.md

@@ -36,3 +36,5 @@ jobs:
 Note that the tag and the pre-release need to be created manually the first time. The workflow above will fail if the release does not exist.
 
 The default tag name is `tip`, but it can be optionally overriden through option `tag` or setting envvar `INPUT_TAG`.
+
+If you systematically want to remove previous artifacts (e.g. old versions), set the `rm` option to true.

action.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ inputs:
     description: 'Name of the tag that corresponds to the tip/nightly pre-release'
     required: false
     default: tip
+  rm:
+    description: 'Whether to delete all the previous artifacts, or only replacing the ones with the same name'
+    required: false
+    default: false
 runs:
   using: 'docker'
   image: 'Dockerfile'

tip.py

@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@ print("· Upload artifacts")
 
 artifacts = files
 
+if getenv('INPUT_RM', 'false') == 'true':
+    print("· RM set. All previous assets are being cleared...")
+    for asset in gh_release.get_assets():
+        print(" ", asset.name)
+        asset.delete_asset()
+else:
     for asset in gh_release.get_assets():
         print(">", asset)
         print(" ", asset.name)