Goreleaser workflow (gin-gonic/gin)

The Goreleaser workflow from gin-gonic/gin, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Goreleaser workflow from the gin-gonic/gin 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: Goreleaser

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "*"

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: "^1"
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
        with:
          # either 'goreleaser' (default) or 'goreleaser-pro'
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: latest
          args: release --clean
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Trigger Go module reindex (pkg.go.dev)
        run: |
          echo "Triggering Go module reindex at proxy.golang.org"
          curl -sSf "https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}/@v/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.info"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Goreleaser
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - "*"
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
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@v6
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v6
        with:
          go-version: "^1"
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
        with:
          # either 'goreleaser' (default) or 'goreleaser-pro'
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: latest
          args: release --clean
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
      - name: Trigger Go module reindex (pkg.go.dev)
        run: |
          echo "Triggering Go module reindex at proxy.golang.org"
          curl -sSf "https://proxy.golang.org/github.com/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY,,}/@v/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}.info"
 

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.

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.

What Latchkey heals here

This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:

• Network fetches

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