Use older version of github-release-resource in Concourse using dynamic tag from a file

Question

GitHub-release resource always emits the latest version. I want to get a specific tag with the version specified in a file.

Below did not fetch the version - github-release - pinned version tag: path/to/the/file/with/version not found

- get: github-release
  version: 
   tag: path/to/the/file/with/version
  params:
   include_source_zip: true

I was able to get the older version by hardcoding the version

- get: github-release
  version: { tag : 'v1.0.0' }
  params:
   include_source_zip: true

and fly check-resource -r pipeline/github-release-resource --from tag:v1.0.0

Answer 1

This is a concourse configuration. Basically, as stated here, you can't really change this on runtime unless you reset the pipeline:

Pinning through the pipeline config is useful for a more permanent pinned state. If a resource is pinned through the pipeline config, it cannot be modified through the web UI and can only be changed through modifiying and resetting the pipeline config.

Also, the command fly check-resource ... is useful in order to verify the version actually exists.