Replace all occurrences

Use replaceAll and require Node16 (which supports replaceAll)

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -7,21 +7,12 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Run find-and-replace to remove refs/heads/
-        uses: mad9000/actions-find-and-replace-string@1
+      - name: Run find-and-replace to replace / with - (ref/heads/main -> ref-heads-main)
+        uses: LarsenLP/actions-find-and-replace-string@3
         id: findandreplace
         with:
           source: ${{ github.ref }}
-          find: 'refs/heads/'
-          replace: ''
-      - name: Get the above output
-        run: echo "The replaced value is ${{ steps.findandreplace.outputs.value }}"
-      - name: Run find-and-replace to remove slashes
-        uses: mad9000/actions-find-and-replace-string@1
-        id: findandreplace2
-        with:
-          source: ${{ steps.findandreplace.outputs.value }}
           find: '/'
           replace: '-'
-      - name: Get the final output
-        run: echo "The replaced value is ${{ steps.findandreplace2.outputs.value }}"
+      - name: Get the above output
+        run: echo "The replaced value is ${{ steps.findandreplace.outputs.value }}"

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Find and replace strings
 
-This action executes find-and-replace on a given string (hint: use `${{ github.ref }}` to get your branch name and apply this on it for use in another action). 
+This action executes find-and-replace all occurences on a given string.
 
 ## Inputs
 
@@ -10,29 +10,29 @@ This action executes find-and-replace on a given string (hint: use `${{ github.r
 
 ### `find`
 
-**Required** The text you want to search for within the branch name (eg. `ref/heads/`)
+**Required** The text you want to search for
 
 ### `replace`
 
-**Required** The text you want to replace (eg. `head-`, ``, `root_`)
+**Required** The text you want to replace with
 
 ## Outputs
 
 ### `value`
 
-The new value containing the found-and-replaced string.
+The new value containing the found-and-replaced string
 
 ### Example usage
 
 ```yaml
-uses: mad9000/actions-find-and-replace-string@2
+uses: LarsenLP/actions-find-and-replace-string@3
 with:
     source: ${{ github.ref }} # this translates to ref/heads/main on the main branch, but can be any arbitrary string 
-    find: 'ref/heads/'        # we want to remove ref/heads/ from source 
-    replace: ''               # and replace it with a blank string (ie. removing it)
+    find: '/'                 # we want to find /
+    replace: '-'              # and replace it with -
 ```
 
-This will output `main`.
+This will output `ref-heads-main`.
 
 Check out `.github/workflows/main.yml` for more examples
 

action.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-name: 'Find-and-replace strings'
-description: 'Finds and replaces text on a string'
-author: "Kishyr Ramdial"
+name: 'Find and replace in strings'
+description: 'Improves action by mad9000 by replacing all occurrences, and fixes andac-ozcan issue with replaceAll not supported in Node'
+author: "Lars Peter Larsen"
 branding:
   color: purple
   icon: copy
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ outputs:
   value:
     description: 'The new value after find-and-replace has been run'
 runs:
-  using: 'node12'
+  using: 'node16'
   main: 'index.js'

index.js

@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ try {
     const source = core.getInput('source')
     const find = core.getInput('find')
     const replace = core.getInput('replace')
-    const branchName = source.replace(find, replace)
-    core.setOutput('value', branchName)
+    const value = source.replaceAll(find, replace)
+    core.setOutput('value', value)
 } catch (error) {
     core.setFailed(error.message)
-}
+}

package.json

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 {
   "name": "find-and-replace-string",
   "version": "1.0.0",
-  "description": "Find-and-replace on a string",
+  "description": "Find and replace in strings",
   "main": "index.js",
-  "author": "Kishyr Ramdial <[email protected]>",
+  "author": "Lars Peter Larsen",
   "license": "MIT",
   "dependencies": {
     "@actions/core": "^1.2.6",