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What

Relates to #42

Improve the way drafts are created and kept up to date.

Separate creating Tags from creating draft releases so tags can be immutable.

Checklist

• Tests added/updated, or confirmed that no tests are required
• No breaking changes, or upgrade path documented above
• Readable commit history (squashed and cleaned up as desired)
• AI code review considered and comments resolved

Summary by CodeRabbit

• New Features
  • Release workflows can run on pushes to the main branch or by manual dispatch.
  • Release drafts are maintained separately from tags. Manual runs can optionally create a tag; this is off by default.
  • Pushes without version-worthy changes leave the draft unchanged.
  • If tag creation fails, the draft remains available for later updates.
• Documentation
  • Updated release workflow guidance to explain draft updates, optional tag creation, publishing, and recovery behavior.

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Walkthrough

The release workflow now supports push-triggered draft maintenance and separates draft updates from tag creation. It reports these actions through distinct outputs. The README describes the updated caller setup and release behavior.

Changes: Release lifecycle

Layer / File(s)	Summary
Workflow inputs and outputs .github/workflows/release-self.yml, .github/workflows/release.yml	The caller adds push runs and passes create_tag only for manual runs. The reusable workflow adds the input and replaces created with draft_updated and tag_created.
Releasable commit checks .github/workflows/release.yml	When a branch push has no releasable commits, the workflow exits successfully and skips version computation and release-note rendering. Other requests with no releasable commits fail.
Draft and tag lifecycle .github/workflows/release.yml, README.md	The workflow creates or updates a draft separately from tag creation. If tag creation fails, the draft remains available for update. The README documents the inputs, outputs, caller setup, and release behavior.

Priority: Normal

Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~20 minutes

Change: Bug fix

Sequence Diagram(s)

sequenceDiagram
  participant Caller as release-self workflow
  participant Workflow as reusable release workflow
  participant Releases as GitHub Releases
  participant Tags as GitHub tags
  Caller->>Workflow: Pass release inputs
  Workflow->>Releases: Create or update draft
  opt create_tag is enabled
    Workflow->>Tags: Create tag at release SHA
  end

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Possibly related PRs

• opendefensecloud/dev-kit#75 — This PR revises the reusable release workflow and interfaces introduced in PR #75.

Suggested reviewers: yocaba

Merge Risk: High · previous review 0e7d5

The release workflow's draft creation and update step would fail on every real release run because of the malformed --prerelease argument. Fix that before merging. The README also describes the wrong create_tag default and an asset retry path that cannot work for push-maintained drafts.

Pre-merge checks: 4 · 1

Failed checks: 1 warning

Check name	Status	Explanation	Resolution
Description check		The description states the purpose: improving how drafts are created and kept up to date, and separating tag creation from draft creation so tags can be immutable. It links related issue #42 and compl…	Add a Testing section that states how the workflow changes were validated, such as dry-run runs, push runs, or manual runs with create_tag enabled. Add a Notes for reviewers section that lists the workflow interface changes: the removed cre…

Passed checks: 4 passed

Check name	Status	Explanation
Title check		The title "fix: separate creating draft release and tag" matches the main change. The changeset splits draft release creation from tag creation, adds a create_tag input, and replaces the combined crea…
Docstring Coverage		No eligible functions found in the changed files. Skipping docstring coverage check. Docstring coverage is scoped to functions touched by this diff with cyclomatic complexity of at least 2. Documentat…
Linked Issues check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.
Out of Scope Changes check		Check skipped because no linked issues were found for this pull request.

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The title "fix: separate creating draft release and tag" matches the main change. The changeset splits draft release creation from tag creation, adds a create_tag input, and replaces the combined created output with draft_updated and tag_created. The title is specific and uses the conventional commit prefix. It does not mention the push-trigger or pending-draft guard changes, which is acceptable because it covers the primary change.

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Full details: Description check

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The description states the purpose: improving how drafts are created and kept up to date, and separating tag creation from draft creation so tags can be immutable. It links related issue #42 and completes the checklist, but the What section has no one-sentence summary, the Why section is absent, the Testing section is absent, and the Notes for reviewers section is absent. The Notes section should cover the removed created output and the new outputs, the new create_tag input, and the changed default push behavior, since these are workflow interface changes. The AI code review item is unchecked.

Resolution

Add a Testing section that states how the workflow changes were validated, such as dry-run runs, push runs, or manual runs with create_tag enabled. Add a Notes for reviewers section that lists the workflow interface changes: the removed created output, the added draft_updated and tag_created outputs, the new create_tag input with default false, and the new push trigger on main. Add a one-sentence summary under What. Add a Why section or confirm that the linked issue #42 explains the motivation. Resolve the AI code review item or confirm it was considered.

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Actionable comments posted: 3

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Inline comments:
Review comments at @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 285-288: Update the release workflow’s prerelease handling so
stable versions explicitly clear the prerelease state instead of leaving a
renamed draft’s old flag unchanged. Derive a boolean from VERSION and pass it
explicitly to both the gh release edit and gh release create calls.

Review comments at @README.md:
- Line 615: Update the release workflow documentation in the README to clarify
that enabling `create_tag` alone does not create a tag during a manual run:
users must also set `dry_run` to false. Preserve the existing explanation of
draft publishing and push-run behavior.
- Line 657: Update the checkout ref fallback used for asset retries so push-run
retries resolve and use the draft’s target commit SHA instead of the potentially
nonexistent inputs.retry_assets_for tag; alternatively, ensure that tag is
created before using it as the checkout ref. Preserve the
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Review comments at @.github/workflows/release.yml:
- Around line 39-43: Update the README statements about `create_tag` to match
the `false` default configured by the reusable workflow and `release-self.yml`.
Remove claims that enabled tag creation is the default, and state that
`create_tag` defaults to `false` while preserving the described behavior for
manual and push-triggered runs.
- Line 335: Update both release command invocations that pass the prerelease
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