discourse-release/announce.sh

@@ -35,14 +35,19 @@ payload=$(jq -n --arg repo "$REPO" --argjson category "$category_id" --arg ext "
   --slurpfile ev "$EVENT_PATH" '
   ($ev[0].release) as $r
   | ($repo | split("/") | last) as $name
+  # A pre-release is a release candidate: said in the title and the first
+  # line, so nobody takes it for what a plain install or `latest` gets.
+  | ($r.prerelease // false) as $rc
   | {
       # repo + tag, not the release name: names vary by project (some repeat
       # the tag, some carry a product name in capitals), tags do not.
-      title: "\($name) \($r.tag_name) released",
+      title: (if $rc then "\($name) \($r.tag_name) release candidate" else "\($name) \($r.tag_name) released" end),
       category: $category,
       external_id: $ext,
       raw: (
-        "**\($name) \($r.tag_name)** is out.\n\n"
+        (if $rc
+         then "**\($name) \($r.tag_name)** is a release candidate: a pre-release for testing, not yet the release. `latest` and a plain install stay where they are.\n\n"
+         else "**\($name) \($r.tag_name)** is out.\n\n" end)
         + (if ($r.body // "") == "" then "" else "\($r.body)\n\n" end)
         + "---\n[Release on Gitea](\($r.html_url))"
       )
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ esac
 if [ -n "${DISCORD_WEBHOOK:-}" ]; then
   jq -n --arg u "$url" --slurpfile ev "$EVENT_PATH" --arg repo "$REPO" '
     ($ev[0].release) as $r
-    | {content: ("**\($repo | split("/") | last) \($r.tag_name)** released\n\($u)")[0:1900]}' |
+    | {content: ("**\($repo | split("/") | last) \($r.tag_name)** " + (if ($r.prerelease // false) then "release candidate" else "released" end) + "\n\($u)")[0:1900]}' |
   curl -fsS -X POST "$DISCORD_WEBHOOK" -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data-binary @- >/dev/null \
     && echo "posted to Discord" \
     || echo "::warning::Discord webhook failed; the forum post stands"