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ci(release): make the release workflow retry-safe #24

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26 changes: 18 additions & 8 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -42,12 +42,16 @@ jobs:
fi
echo "tag=v$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

- name: Check tag is free
- name: Note tag status (retry-safe)
run: |
# Don't fail on an existing tag: a release can fail late (e.g. PyPI) with
# the tag/Release already created. Re-running must complete the publish,
# so tag creation, the Release, and the upload are all made idempotent.
TAG="${{ steps.check.outputs.tag }}"
if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "Error: tag $TAG already exists"
exit 1
echo "::notice::tag $TAG already exists — treating this run as a retry"
else
echo "tag $TAG is new"
fi

- name: Verify version matches sources
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -90,12 +94,17 @@ jobs:
fi
ls -lh dist/

- name: Create and push tag
- name: Create and push tag (if new)
run: |
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git tag -a "${{ needs.validate.outputs.tag }}" -m "Release ${{ inputs.version }}"
git push origin "${{ needs.validate.outputs.tag }}"
TAG="${{ needs.validate.outputs.tag }}"
if git rev-parse "$TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
echo "tag $TAG already exists — skipping creation (retry)"
else
git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
git tag -a "$TAG" -m "Release ${{ inputs.version }}"
git push origin "$TAG"
fi

- name: Create GitHub Release
uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
Expand All @@ -113,3 +122,4 @@ jobs:
uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
with:
print-hash: true
skip-existing: true # idempotent: a retry won't fail if files are already up
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