release workflow (ChineseSubFinder/ChineseSubFinder)

The release workflow from ChineseSubFinder/ChineseSubFinder, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the release workflow from the ChineseSubFinder/ChineseSubFinder repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*.*.*
      - v*.*-Beta*
      - v*.*-ExeBeta*
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      - name: Setup npm
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
        with:
          working-directory: frontend

      - name: Frontend Build
        run: npm run build
        working-directory: frontend

      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
          go-version: 1.17

      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
        with:
          # either 'goreleaser' (default) or 'goreleaser-pro'
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: latest
          args: release -f .goreleaser-ChineseSubFinder.yml --rm-dist
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN  }}
          BASEKEY: ${{ secrets.BASEKEY }}
          AESKEY16: ${{ secrets.AESKEY16 }}
          AESIV16: ${{ secrets.AESIV16 }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v*.*.*
      - v*.*-Beta*
      - v*.*-ExeBeta*
  workflow_dispatch:
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  goreleaser:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      - name: Setup npm
        uses: bahmutov/npm-install@v1
        with:
          working-directory: frontend
 
      - name: Frontend Build
        run: npm run build
        working-directory: frontend
 
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
        with:
          go-version: 1.17
 
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v2
        with:
          # either 'goreleaser' (default) or 'goreleaser-pro'
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: latest
          args: release -f .goreleaser-ChineseSubFinder.yml --rm-dist
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN  }}
          BASEKEY: ${{ secrets.BASEKEY }}
          AESKEY16: ${{ secrets.AESKEY16 }}
          AESIV16: ${{ secrets.AESIV16 }}

What changed

• Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

2 third-party actions are referenced by a movable tag. Pin them to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow