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build: create separate release branches for tagged releases on publish #457

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build: create separate release branches for tagged releases
zimeg Jun 11, 2025
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fix: fetch the origin sha created in the step beforehand
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fix: persist credential used when checking out the repo for tags
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docs: note the pattern of release branches in the maintainers guide
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17 changes: 15 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/publish.yml
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Expand Up @@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ name: Publish

on:
release:
types: [published, edited]
types:
- published
- edited

jobs:
build:
Expand All @@ -14,7 +16,8 @@ jobs:
- name: Checkout the current code
uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
with:
persist-credentials: false
fetch-depth: 0
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praise: Optimization! 🚗💨

persist-credentials: true
ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}

- name: Configure the runtime node
Expand All @@ -31,8 +34,18 @@ jobs:
run: npm run build

- name: Distribute the latest tagged release
id: tag
uses: teunmooij/github-versioned-release@3edf649c6e5e5e976d43f2584b15bdc8b4c8f0df # v1.2.1
with:
template: javascript-action
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}

- name: Create a branch for tagged release
run: |
git fetch origin "$SHA"
git checkout -b "release/$TAG" "$SHA"
git push origin "release/$TAG"
env:
TAG: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
SHA: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.sha }}