Add APP_VERSION parsing to github actions

.github/act/README.md

@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+Testing GH Actions with [ACT]
+
+### Test Branch Push
+
+```shell
+act -W '.github/act/actTest.yml' -e '.github/act/actBranchEvent.json'
+```
+
+
+### Test Tag Push
+
+```shell
+act -W '.github/act/actTest.yml' -e '.github/act/actTagEvent.json'
+```

.github/act/actBranchEvent.json

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "ref": "refs/heads/master",
+  "sha": "0a1a94d9ad4efa373f8d34aace5e7f0a3fff42ad"
+}

.github/act/actTagEvent.json

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "ref": "refs/tags/0.8.0",
+  "ref_name": "0.8.0",
+  "sha": "0a1a94d9ad4efa373f8d34aace5e7f0a3fff42ad"
+}

.github/act/actTest.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Publish Docker image to Dockerhub
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'master'
+      - 'develop'
+    tags:
+      - '*.*.*'
+    # don't trigger if just updating docs
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '**.md'
+  # use release instead of tags once version is correctly parsed
+  # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action/issues/422
+  # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action/issues/240
+#  release:
+#    types: [ published ]
+
+jobs:
+
+  test:
+    name: Build and push container images
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set short git commit SHA
+        id: vars
+        # https://dev.to/hectorleiva/github-actions-and-creating-a-short-sha-hash-8b7
+        # short sha available under env.COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+        run: |
+          calculatedSha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})
+          echo "COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$calculatedSha" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Check App Version
+        env:
+          # use release instead of tags once version is correctly parsed
+          #APP_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+
+          # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-752775072
+          # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69919067/1469797
+          APP_VERSION: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.ref_name || format('{0}-{1}', github.ref_name, env.COMMIT_SHORT_SHA ) }}
+        run: |
+          echo $APP_VERSION

.github/workflows/publishImage.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ on:
     # don't trigger if just updating docs
     paths-ignore:
       - '**.md'
+  # use release instead of tags once version is correctly parsed
+  # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action/issues/422
+  # https://github.com/docker/metadata-action/issues/240
+#  release:
+#    types: [ published ]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -54,6 +59,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Check out the repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Set short git commit SHA
+        id: vars
+        # https://dev.to/hectorleiva/github-actions-and-creating-a-short-sha-hash-8b7
+        # short sha available under env.COMMIT_SHORT_SHA
+        run: |
+          calculatedSha=$(git rev-parse --short ${{ github.sha }})
+          echo "COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$calculatedSha" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Log in to Docker Hub
         if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
@@ -92,6 +105,13 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
 
       - name: Build and push Docker image
+        env:
+          # use release instead of tags once version is correctly parsed
+          #APP_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
+
+        # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/409#issuecomment-752775072
+        # https://stackoverflow.com/a/69919067/1469797
+          APP_VERSION: ${{ contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.ref_name || format('{0}-{1}', github.ref_name, env.COMMIT_SHORT_SHA ) }}
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v5
         with:
           context: .