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Make release-prep refuse a version the repository has already tagged - #12
Follow-up to SOFT-5187. It uses the readRepository and tagExists helpers #10 adds under .github/lib/.
The release-prep action now refuses a version the repository has already tagged.
Why
A release branch cut from main right after a release still carries that release's version. Preparing it with the same version passed every check (the version is not lower than the branch's, which is the rule that catches a wrong branch), and the next changes ended up under a version that was already out. That is what happened on the test plugins today: both release/M26.test40 branches were cut after 2.1.36 and 1.1.10 had been released, the prepare accepted those versions, and the deploy found their tags already published.
What changes
Before pup runs, the action reads refs/tags/<version> through the GitHub API (tagExists from .github/lib/github.js). A 404 lets the run go on; an existing tag fails the step: "The tag 4.17.0 already exists in owner/repo: that version has already been released … Give the release a new version. Nothing was changed." Any other API error fails the step too, rather than being read as an absent tag.
The read goes through github-script's own client, so the manifest now hands inputs.token to the prepare step as github-token, as the commit step already did. A pinned pup-version still makes no API call for pup; the tag read is the one request a prepare makes.
GITHUB_REPOSITORY is required, as it already was for the commit step; both steps read it through readRepository.
README: the new refusal under "Versions it refuses", and "Running it again" says that a finished preparation can be rerun until its version is tagged.
Tests
node --test: 335 pass (332 on #16). New: the tag exists (refused before any download or pup call, no outputs), the read fails (refused, not taken for an absent tag), GITHUB_REPOSITORY missing, and the pinned-pup test now asserts the one request is the tag read. Removing the check fails three tests.
actionlint 1.7.12 is clean on the template.
Verified end to end
On the two private test plugins in this org, with toolbox-release-prep.yml pinned to this branch. Each release/M26.test40 branch carries the version that was released from it earlier the same day.
Case
Run
Result
Prepare release/M26.test40 as 2.1.36, a version already tagged
Fails before pup is downloaded: "The tag 2.1.36 already exists in stellarwp/release-test-plugin-a … Give the release a new version. Nothing was changed." Branch head unchanged.
Then one release driven from the NX1 release dashboard, M26.test41, with both plugins, each branch cut from main and still carrying its last released version:
Case
Run
Result
Prepare as 2.1.37 on purpose, the version main was released at
Goes on as before: one commit bumping the version in release-test-plugin-b.php and readme.txt; no TBDs and no changelog entries on that branch, so nothing else changed.
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New Features
Added a manually triggered workflow for publishing a release from a selected branch and version, with an optional title.
Release Workflow
Release merging and publishing are separate steps. Builds and deployments can run after merging and before publishing, with build files included in the release.
Updated workflow guidance to clarify how to publish releases for manually merged changes and changes handled through the merge workflow.
Release Preparation
Preparation refuses versions that already have a repository tag, whether or not a release has been published.
Retrying preparation succeeds without another commit only while the version remains untagged.
Preparation stops if checking for a tag fails for a reason other than the tag not being found.
A release branch cut from main right after a release still carries that release's version, and
preparing it again put the next changes under a version that was already out; the only check was
that the version was not lower than the branch's. The tag is now read through the GitHub API before
pup runs, so the shallow checkout does not matter, and an existing tag fails the step naming the fix.
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The release-prep action now checks for the requested version tag before reading .puprc or running preparation commands. It passes a GitHub client to runPrepare. Tests and documentation cover the tag check, lookup errors, and retry behavior.
Changes: Release preparation
Layer / File(s)
Summary
Check the version tag before preparation .github/actions/release-prep/release-prep.js, .github/actions/release-prep/action.yml
runPrepare checks whether the requested tag exists before it reads .puprc or runs preparation commands. The action passes its GitHub client to runPrepare.
Test and document the tag check tests/actions/release-prep/release-prep.test.js, .github/actions/release-prep/README.md, .github/actions/release-prep/action.yml
Tests cover existing tags, lookup failures, missing repository information, and the pinned pup-version path. Documentation describes token use and the condition for a successful retry.
sequenceDiagram
participant ReleaseAction
participant runPrepare
participant GitHubAPI
participant Pup
ReleaseAction->>runPrepare: Pass GitHub client and preparation inputs
runPrepare->>GitHubAPI: Check requested version tag
alt Tag exists
GitHubAPI-->>runPrepare: Tag found
runPrepare-->>ReleaseAction: Reject preparation
else Tag is absent
GitHubAPI-->>runPrepare: Tag not found
runPrepare->>Pup: Continue preparation
end
The release-prep behavior is safe, but its documented failure order is inaccurate and should be corrected.
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…aces that describe it
The input's description, the README's inputs table and its How it runs section still described the
token as the one the commit is created with and the first step as inputs, .puprc, changelogger and
pup. The tag read came in without them.
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Follow-up to SOFT-5187. It uses the
readRepositoryandtagExistshelpers #10 adds under.github/lib/.The release-prep action now refuses a version the repository has already tagged.
Why
A release branch cut from
mainright after a release still carries that release's version. Preparing it with the same version passed every check (the version is not lower than the branch's, which is the rule that catches a wrong branch), and the next changes ended up under a version that was already out. That is what happened on the test plugins today: bothrelease/M26.test40branches were cut after 2.1.36 and 1.1.10 had been released, the prepare accepted those versions, and the deploy found their tags already published.What changes
refs/tags/<version>through the GitHub API (tagExistsfrom.github/lib/github.js). A 404 lets the run go on; an existing tag fails the step: "The tag 4.17.0 already exists in owner/repo: that version has already been released … Give the release a new version. Nothing was changed." Any other API error fails the step too, rather than being read as an absent tag.inputs.tokento the prepare step asgithub-token, as the commit step already did. A pinnedpup-versionstill makes no API call for pup; the tag read is the one request a prepare makes.GITHUB_REPOSITORYis required, as it already was for the commit step; both steps read it throughreadRepository.Tests
node --test: 335 pass (332 on #16). New: the tag exists (refused before any download or pup call, no outputs), the read fails (refused, not taken for an absent tag),GITHUB_REPOSITORYmissing, and the pinned-pup test now asserts the one request is the tag read. Removing the check fails three tests.actionlint1.7.12 is clean on the template.Verified end to end
On the two private test plugins in this org, with
toolbox-release-prep.ymlpinned to this branch. Eachrelease/M26.test40branch carries the version that was released from it earlier the same day.release/M26.test40as 2.1.36, a version already taggedrelease/M26.test40as 1.1.10, sameThen one release driven from the NX1 release dashboard,
M26.test41, with both plugins, each branch cut frommainand still carrying its last released version:mainwas released atrelease-test-plugin-b.phpandreadme.txt; no TBDs and no changelog entries on that branch, so nothing else changed.Summary by CodeRabbit