Automate releases with Release Please - #2
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📝 WalkthroughWalkthroughThe release process now uses Release Please for version management and release creation. A reusable workflow accepts release tags, verifies versions, and publishes packages through NuGet Trusted Publishing with GitHub OIDC. ChangesRelease automation
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participant ReleasePleaseWorkflow
participant ReleasePleaseAction
participant ReusableReleaseWorkflow
participant NuGetTrustedPublishing
ReleasePleaseWorkflow->>ReleasePleaseAction: Process push to main
ReleasePleaseAction-->>ReleasePleaseWorkflow: Return release_created and tag_name
ReleasePleaseWorkflow->>ReusableReleaseWorkflow: Call workflow with tag
ReusableReleaseWorkflow->>NuGetTrustedPublishing: Exchange GitHub OIDC token
NuGetTrustedPublishing-->>ReusableReleaseWorkflow: Return NuGet API key
ReusableReleaseWorkflow->>NuGetTrustedPublishing: Push package
Merge Risk: 🟠 High · up to Automated NuGet publication is expected to fail at OIDC login, and permitted tag pushers can execute shell syntax on the release runner. Both issues should be fixed before merge. 🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 5✅ Passed checks (5 passed)
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| - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4 | ||
| id: rp |
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🔍 Release PR checks stay dormant
release-please-action uses GITHUB_TOKEN, so generated release PRs do not trigger pull-request CI. Review whether branch protection requires those checks before merging.
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Addressed in 877eff1. main has no branch protection, and release.yml re-runs build, tests, and the W3C gate before anything is published, so release-PR CI is a convenience rather than a gate. Added optional RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN (PAT) support on the action so the release PR triggers pull_request CI if we want it; falls back to GITHUB_TOKEN.
| publish: | ||
| needs: release-please | ||
| if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true' }} | ||
| uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml | ||
| with: | ||
| tag: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }} | ||
| secrets: inherit |
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🔍 Release precedes publication checks
release-please-action creates the tag and GitHub release before build and test completion. A later failure leaves an unpublished GitHub release.
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Addressed in 877eff1. Release Please now creates a draft release ("draft": true), which does not create the tag. release.yml checks out the release sha, runs build/test/W3C gate, pushes to NuGet, and only then runs gh release edit --draft=false, which creates the tag. A failure at any step leaves no public release or tag.
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In @.github/workflows/release-please.yml:
- Around line 10-12: Update the caller publish job’s permissions to include
id-token: write alongside contents and pull-requests, so the called release
workflow can obtain an OIDC token for NuGet/login@v1.
In @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Line 43: Update the release workflow’s tag handling so the GitHub expression
is not directly interpolated into the shell program; pass the selected tag
through the workflow environment or an action input, then read it as a quoted
shell variable before the existing version check. Preserve the fallback between
inputs.tag and github.ref_name while preventing tag contents from being parsed
as shell syntax.
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Changesets-style release flow:
mainruns Release Please, which reads conventional commits and keeps a release PR open that bumps<Version>inDirectory.Build.propsand updatesCHANGELOG.md.v<Version>tag, then callsrelease.yml(now alsoworkflow_call) to build, test, run the W3C gate, pack, and push to NuGet.v*tag pushes still work as before.Versioning is
prereleasewith typealpha, starting from the current0.1.0-alpha. Dropprerelease/prerelease-type/versioningfromrelease-please-config.jsonwhen ready for stable releases.Publishes via NuGet Trusted Publishing (OIDC,
NuGet/login@v1); no API key secret. Policy on nuget.org: owner davidkpiano, repo statelyai/xstate-csharp, workflow release.yml, packagesXState*.Summary by CodeRabbit