feat: updated release workflow

.github/workflows/cd-to-infra.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 name: Continuous Deployment to Infra
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 on:
   push:
     branches: [ "main" ]
   release:
-    types: [created, published, edited, prereleased, released]
+# TODO: We can scope release types once we're able to get reliable behavior with event triggers
+# types: [prereleased, released]
 
 env:
   AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
@@ -37,7 +41,7 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         SHA_TAG=$(echo ${{ github.SHA }} | head -c 12)
         DEPLOY_TAG=$SHA_TAG
-        if [[ ${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: Release') }} == 'true' ]]; then
+        if [[ ${{ contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: version v') }} == 'true' ]]; then
           RELEASE_TAG=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq '.packages[0].version' | tr -d '"')
           # Use the release tag to deploy, if one is available.
           DEPLOY_TAG=$RELEASE_TAG

.github/workflows/publish-release.yml

@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@ permissions:
   contents: write
 
 on:
+  # Run this workflow against any branch that updates the TOML file. This can be used to create (pre)releases from any
+  # branch (e.g. for hotfixes) without affecting the main branch.
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
     paths:
       - 'Cargo.toml'
 
 jobs:
-  # Build and packages all the things
+  # Build and package all the things
   build-binaries:
     if: |
-      contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: Release')
+      contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: version v')
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # For these target platforms
@@ -82,8 +83,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_TOKEN }}
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # Use PAT to allow release events to be triggered via this workflow
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_PAT }}
+      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN_PAT }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
@@ -100,4 +102,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           export TAG=$(cargo metadata --format-version=1 --no-deps | jq '.packages[0].version' | tr -d '"')
           echo "Releasing "$TAG
-          gh release create "v${TAG}" -n "Release of ${TAG}" -t "v${TAG}" --latest artifacts/**/*.tar.gz
+          # Generate a GitHub pre-release. This will trigger the "prereleased" event that will deploy to Clay. When the
+          # pre-release is promoted to a release from the GitHub console, the "released" event will trigger and deploy
+          # to Prod.
+          gh release create "v${TAG}" -t "v${TAG}" --generate-notes --prerelease artifacts/**/*.tar.gz

ci-scripts/release_pr.sh

@@ -63,16 +63,17 @@ cargo update -p ceramic-api-server
 # Commit the specified packages
 # `cargo release commit` currently fails to build a good commit message.
 # Using git commit directly for now
-branch="release-v${version}"
-git checkout -b "$branch"
-msg="chore: release version v${version}"
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+pr_branch="version-v${version}"
+git checkout -b "$pr_branch"
+msg="chore: version v${version}"
 git commit -am "$msg"
-git push --set-upstream origin $branch
+git push --set-upstream origin "$pr_branch"
 
-# Create a PR
+# Create a PR against the branch this workflow is running on
 gh pr create \
-    --base main \
-    --head "$branch" \
+    --base "$current_branch" \
+    --head "$pr_branch" \
     --label release \
     --title "$msg" \
     --body "$release_notes"