name: Release # Push a tag, get a release. The body always comes from CHANGELOG.md, so there is # no second place to write release notes and therefore no second place for them to # go stale. # # git tag -a v0.4.0 -m "v0.4.0" && git push origin v0.4.0 # # workflow_dispatch re-cuts (or updates) the release for a tag that already # exists, since re-pushing an existing tag triggers nothing. # # It checks out the TAG, because the tagged code is what people install and it has # to pass its own tests. That means it only works for tags that actually contain # this tooling (>= v0.3.0). Tags older than that were backfilled by hand. on: push: tags: ["v*"] workflow_dispatch: inputs: tag: description: "Existing tag to create a release for (e.g. v0.2.1)" required: true type: string permissions: contents: write jobs: release: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Resolve tag id: tag run: | if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then echo "tag=${{ inputs.tag }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" else echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" fi - uses: actions/checkout@v4 with: ref: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }} fetch-depth: 0 - uses: actions/setup-python@v5 with: python-version: "3.13" # Never publish a release for code that does not pass its own tests. A # tagged commit is what people install; it has to be at least as good as # main. - name: install dev deps run: python -m pip install --upgrade pip pytest ruff - name: ruff run: ruff check patch tests tools - name: pytest run: pytest tests -q - name: shell syntax run: | fail=0 while IFS= read -r f; do bash -n "$f" || { echo "::error file=$f::bash syntax error"; fail=1; } done < <(find . -name '*.sh' -not -path './.git/*') exit $fail # Catches the failure mode this repo actually had: VERSION= drifted to # three different values across the scripts, and nothing noticed. - name: "gate: version matches tag, CHANGELOG complete, nothing stranded" run: python3 tools/release_notes.py check "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" # THE BARRIER. A stable release must have been a release candidate on this # exact commit. Candidates are invisible to users (update.sh and the alert # source both take the newest plain vX.Y.Z), so debugging happens across # rc1/rc2/rc3 at no cost to anyone -- instead of across v0.5.0/v0.5.1/v0.5.2, # which alerts every installed box every time. # # Same code release.sh runs locally, so this should never be the first place # you find out. It is here because this is the only place that cannot be # bypassed: it holds the token that publishes. - name: "gate: this commit was a release candidate" run: python3 tools/release_gate.py "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" -C . # ...and the candidate has to have actually passed. Only CI can see this, so # it cannot live in release_gate.py with the rest. - name: "gate: that candidate's CI run passed" if: ${{ !contains(steps.tag.outputs.tag, '-rc') && !contains(steps.tag.outputs.tag, '-beta') && !contains(steps.tag.outputs.tag, '-alpha') }} env: GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} TAG: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }} run: | sha="$(git rev-list -n 1 "$TAG")" # Every rc tag on this exact commit -- release_gate.py already proved # there is at least one. rcs="$(git tag --points-at "$sha" | grep -E -- '-rc[0-9]+$' || true)" for rc in $rcs; do concl="$(gh run list --workflow=release.yml --branch "$rc" \ --json conclusion --jq '.[0].conclusion // ""' 2>/dev/null || true)" echo "candidate $rc -> ${concl:-}" if [ "$concl" = "success" ]; then echo "::notice::$TAG is promoting $rc, whose release run passed." exit 0 fi done echo "::error::No release candidate on $sha has a passing release run." echo "::error::Candidates found: ${rcs:-none}. Wait for CI, or cut a new one." exit 1 - name: extract release notes from CHANGELOG run: | python3 tools/release_notes.py notes "${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}" > /tmp/notes.md echo "--- release body ---" cat /tmp/notes.md - name: create or update the release env: GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }} TAG: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }} run: | # Pre-1.0 and any -rc/-beta suffix ship as prereleases, not "Latest". prerelease="" case "$TAG" in *-rc*|*-beta*|*-alpha*) prerelease="--prerelease" ;; esac if gh release view "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then echo "Release $TAG exists — updating notes." gh release edit "$TAG" --notes-file /tmp/notes.md else # shellcheck disable=SC2086 gh release create "$TAG" \ --title "$TAG" \ --notes-file /tmp/notes.md \ $prerelease fi