feat(draft+update-file): adds draft capability and update generic files before release.

README.md

@@ -29,8 +29,10 @@ steps:
 | `changelog-file`                     | Create a changelog file (e.g CHANGELOG.md)                                                                                                                                                                                   | Optional |
 | `ghr`                                | Create a .ghr file with the parameters for [tcnksm/ghr](https://github.com/tcnksm/ghr)                                                                                                                                       | Optional |
 | `update-file`                        | Update the version of a certain file                                                                                                                                                                                         | Optional |
+| `update-before`                      | Update files before release creation (format: `file:regex:template`). Supports multiline input for multiple files. Changes are committed and pushed before the release is tagged.                                           | Optional |
 | `dry`                                | Do not create a release                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Optional |
 | `prerelease`                         | Flags the release as a prerelease                                                                                                                                                                                            | Optional |
+| `draft`                              | Create a draft release instead of publishing immediately                                                                                                                                                                     | Optional |
 | `allow-initial-development-versions` | semantic-release will start your initial development release at 0.1.0 and will handle breaking changes as minor version updates. This option will be ignored if a release with major version greater than or equal 1 exists. | Optional |
 | `force-bump-patch-version`           | Increments the patch version if no changes are found                                                                                                                                                                         | Optional |
 | `changelog-generator-opt`            | Options that are passed to the changelog-generator plugin. Seperated by ","                                                                                                                                                  | Optional |
@@ -89,6 +91,26 @@ jobs:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 ```
 
+## Example with `update-before` for polyglot repositories
+
+```yaml
+- uses: go-semantic-release/action@v1
+  with:
+    github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    update-before: |
+      VERSION:^.*$:{{version}}
+      __version__.py:__version__ = ".*":__version__ = "{{version}}"
+      src/version.go:const Version = ".*":const Version = "{{version}}"
+```
+
+This will update multiple version files, commit the changes with message `chore: bump version to X.Y.Z`, and include the commit in the release tag. Template variables available: `{{version}}`, `{{major}}`, `{{minor}}`, `{{patch}}`.
+
+**Important notes:**
+- Patterns use colon (`:`) as delimiter in format `file:regex:template`. Windows drive letters (e.g., `C:\path`) are not supported.
+- The regex pattern must match content in the file, otherwise the release will fail with an error.
+- File permissions are preserved during updates.
+- The feature is automatically skipped when using `dry: true`.
+
 ## License
 
 The [MIT License (MIT)](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

action.yml

@@ -16,12 +16,18 @@ inputs:
   update-file:
     description: 'updates the version of a certain file'
     required: false
+  update-before:
+    description: 'updates files before release creation (format: file:regex:template, can be multiline for multiple files)'
+    required: false
   dry:
     description: 'do not create release'
     required: false
   prerelease:
     description: 'flags the release as a prerelease'
     required: false
+  draft:
+    description: 'create a draft release instead of publishing immediately'
+    required: false
   prepend:
     description: 'flag changes to be prepended into the changelog'
     required: false