Release Trigger workflow (Donkie/Spoolman)

The Release Trigger workflow from Donkie/Spoolman, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: Donkie/Spoolman.github/workflows/trigger-release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Release Trigger workflow from the Donkie/Spoolman 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Release Trigger

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      bump:
        type: choice
        description: Version to bump
        required: true
        default: minor
        options: 
          - micro
          - minor
          - major

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  bump-version:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:      
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}

      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          version: "0.9.26"

      - name: "Set up Python"
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version-file: "pyproject.toml"
      
      - name: Install node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.3
        with:
          node-version: '20'
  
      - name: Bump version
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
          git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR_ID}+${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
          uv run poe bump ${{ github.event.inputs.bump }}
      
      - name: Push
        run: |
          latest_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
          echo "Pushing branch master and tag $latest_tag"
          git push --atomic origin master $latest_tag

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Estimated ~20% faster on cache hits, plus fewer wasted runs and a safer supply chain. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: Release Trigger
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      bump:
        type: choice
        description: Version to bump
        required: true
        default: minor
        options: 
          - micro
          - minor
          - major
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
jobs:
  bump-version:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:      
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
 
      - name: Install uv
        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
        with:
          version: "0.9.26"
 
      - name: "Set up Python"
        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
        with:
          python-version-file: "pyproject.toml"
      
      - name: Install node
        uses: actions/setup-node@v4.0.3
        with:
          cache: 'npm'
          node-version: '20'
  
      - name: Bump version
        run: |
          git config --global user.name "${GITHUB_ACTOR}"
          git config --global user.email "${GITHUB_ACTOR_ID}+${GITHUB_ACTOR}@users.noreply.github.com"
          uv run poe bump ${{ github.event.inputs.bump }}
      
      - name: Push
        run: |
          latest_tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
          echo "Pushing branch master and tag $latest_tag"
          git push --atomic origin master $latest_tag

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.
Cache dependency installs on the setup step so they are served from cache.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it 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

actions/checkout astral-sh/setup-uv actions/setup-python actions/setup-node