diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
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+++ b/.eslintrc.js
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+module.exports = {
+    extends: 'eslint:recommended',
+    parserOptions: {
+        project: 'jsconfig.json',
+        ecmaVersion: 2018,
+    },
+    root: true,
+    env: {
+        commonjs: true,
+        node: true,
+    },
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
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+name: Version bump (test)
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - labeled
+env:
+  NODE_VERSION: 16
+  RC_VERSION: 1
+jobs:
+  version-bump:
+    runs-on: [ubuntu-latest]
+    steps:
+      - name: Test bump action
+        with:
+          repository: https://github.dev/Drassil/action-package-version-bump
+          user_name: 'drassil-git-bot'
+          user_email: 'drassil-git-bot@drassil.org'
+          ref_branch: 'main'
+          use_rebase: true
+          version_args: 'prerelease --preid=rc${{ env.RC_VERSION }}'
+          node_version: ${{ env.NODE_VERSION }}
+        uses: ../../
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
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+++ b/.gitignore
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+node_modules
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # action-package-version-bump
+
 Github action to upgrade the package.json version and create a changelog based on PR description that can be triggered in your workflows
diff --git a/action.yml b/action.yml
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+name: 'action-package-version-bump'
+description: 'Github action to upgrade the package.json version and create a changelog based on PR description that can be triggered in your workflows'
+inputs:
+  repository:
+    description: 'The repository where to pull the changes'
+    required: true
+  user_name:
+    description: 'Name of the git user to push the changes'
+    required: true
+  user_email:
+    description: 'Email of the git user to push the changes'
+    required: true
+  ref_branch:
+    description: 'Branch to use as a base reference for the version bump'
+    required: false
+    default: 'master'
+  use_rebase:
+    description: 'Use rebase strategy for pull'
+    required: false
+    default: false
+  version_args:
+    description: 'npm version command arguments. '
+    required: false
+    default: 'patch'
+  node_version:
+    description: 'node version used for the npm commands'
+    required: false
+    default: '16'
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+      - name: Use Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ inputs.node_version }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.ref }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Pull and bump version
+        run: |
+          git remote add main-repo ${{ inputs.repository }}
+          git config --global user.name ${{ inputs.user_name }}
+          git config --global user.email ${{ inputs.user_email }}
+          git config --global pull.rebase ${{ inputs.use_rebase }}
+          git pull main-repo
+          npm version ${{ inputs.version_arguments }}
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=`npm run --silent version`
+          PREV_CHANGELOG=`git show main-repo/dev:CHANGELOG.md || true`
+          echo -e "Rev: $PACKAGE_VERSION\n=============\n ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}\n\n\n" > CHANGELOG.md
+          echo -e "$PREV_CHANGELOG" >> CHANGELOG.md
+          git add -u
+          git commit -m "chore: bump version and changelog"
+          git push --force
+  using: 'node12'
+  main: index.js
+
+    
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
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+++ b/index.js
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+// nothing to do for now. It's a placeholder
+console.log("Done")
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diff --git a/jsconfig.json b/jsconfig.json
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+++ b/jsconfig.json
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+{
+    "compilerOptions": {
+        "module": "commonjs",
+        "target": "es6",
+        "strict": true,
+        "strictNullChecks": true,
+        "noUnusedLocals": true,
+        "noUnusedParameters": true,
+        "noImplicitReturns": true,
+    },
+    "exclude": [
+        "**/node_modules"
+    ],
+    "include": [
+        "index.js",
+        "src/**/*.js"
+    ]
+}
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
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+++ b/package.json
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+{
+    "name": "action-package-version-bump",
+    "version": "1.0.0-rc1.0",
+    "description": "Github action to upgrade the package.json version and create a changelog based on PR description that can be triggered in your workflows",
+    "main": "index.js",
+    "scripts": {
+        "test": "echo \"Error: no test specified\" && exit 1"
+    },
+    "author": "",
+    "license": "MIT",
+    "dependencies": {
+        "@actions/core": "^1.4.0",
+        "@actions/exec": "^1.1.0",
+        "@actions/github": "^5.0.0"
+    }
+}
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