ihasmail-inbuxa/.github/workflows/release.yml

# Cut a release once a week, but only if there is something in it.
#
# Releases had drifted 184 commits behind main, which made `:latest` describe
# a build nobody was running -- the demo, prod and anyone building from source
# were all ahead of it. Publishing on release is the right trigger only if
# releases actually happen, so this is the part that makes that true without
# anyone having to remember.
#
# It does nothing on a quiet week. A release with no commits in it is worse
# than no release: it moves `:latest` to an identical build, spends a version
# number, and mails everybody watching the repository about nothing.
name: Weekly release

on:
  schedule:
    # Mondays, 09:00 UTC. GitHub runs scheduled jobs on a best-effort basis and
    # can delay a run by a good while when the queue is busy, so do not read
    # the exact minute as a promise. Note also that GitHub disables scheduled
    # workflows in a repository with no activity for 60 days -- not a concern
    # while this one is being worked on weekly, but it is why a silent stop is
    # worth checking for before assuming the file is broken.
    - cron: "0 9 * * 1"
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      dry_run:
        description: "Work out what would be released, then stop"
        type: boolean
        default: false

# One at a time. Two overlapping runs would race to create the same tag, and
# the loser fails noisily for a reason that has nothing to do with the code.
concurrency:
  group: weekly-release
  cancel-in-progress: false

jobs:
  check:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
    outputs:
      should_release: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.should_release }}
      tag: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.tag }}
      title: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.title }}
      sha: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.sha }}
      previous: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.previous }}
      count: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.count }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          ref: main
          fetch-depth: 0
      - uses: actions/setup-node@v7
        with:
          node-version: 22
      - id: decide
        env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail

          # The newest published release, or empty on a repository that has
          # never had one -- in which case everything counts as new. Drafts are
          # excluded: an unpublished draft is not a release anybody has, so
          # counting from it would hide commits that have never shipped.
          previous="$(gh release list --limit 1 --exclude-drafts --json tagName --jq '.[0].tagName // ""')"
          # A tag named by a release is normally present after a full checkout,
          # but a release can outlive its tag. Falling back to the whole
          # history is the safe direction to be wrong in: it over-counts, which
          # cuts a release that was due anyway, where under-counting would skip
          # one that was.
          if [ -n "$previous" ] && git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${previous}" >/dev/null; then
            count="$(git rev-list --count "${previous}..HEAD")"
          else
            count="$(git rev-list --count HEAD)"
          fi

          version="$(node scripts/version.mjs)"
          # A Docker tag may not contain '+', and neither should the git tag,
          # so the two always agree about what to call a build.
          tag="v${version/+/-}"
          title="v${version%%+*}"
          sha="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"

          should_release=true
          reason=""
          if [ "$count" -eq 0 ]; then
            should_release=false
            reason="no commits since ${previous}"
          elif git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/${tag}" >/dev/null; then
            # Same commit, different week: the version is derived from the
            # commit, so nothing new means the tag already exists.
            should_release=false
            reason="tag ${tag} already exists"
          fi

          {
            echo "should_release=$should_release"
            echo "tag=$tag"
            echo "title=$title"
            echo "sha=$sha"
            echo "previous=$previous"
            echo "count=$count"
          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

          # Written to the run summary so a skipped week reads as a decision
          # rather than as a workflow that quietly did nothing.
          {
            echo "### Weekly release"
            echo
            if [ "$should_release" = "true" ]; then
              echo "Releasing **${tag}** — ${count} commit(s) since ${previous:-the beginning}."
            else
              echo "Nothing to release: ${reason}."
            fi
          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

  cut:
    needs: check
    if: needs.check.outputs.should_release == 'true' && !inputs.dry_run
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          ref: main
          fetch-depth: 0
      - env:
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          set -euo pipefail
          args=(--target "${{ needs.check.outputs.sha }}"
                --title "${{ needs.check.outputs.title }}"
                --generate-notes)
          # Bound the notes to what is actually new. Without a start tag the
          # generator reaches back to whatever it decides is previous, which on
          # a repository with older tag shapes is not always the last release.
          if [ -n "${{ needs.check.outputs.previous }}" ]; then
            args+=(--notes-start-tag "${{ needs.check.outputs.previous }}")
          fi
          gh release create "${{ needs.check.outputs.tag }}" "${args[@]}"

  # Called rather than left to the `release` trigger on purpose: see the note
  # at the top of publish.yml. A release created with GITHUB_TOKEN raises no
  # event, so without this the tag would exist and no image would follow it.
  publish:
    needs: [check, cut]
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
    with:
      ref: ${{ needs.check.outputs.sha }}
      tag_latest: true