Create Release workflow (go-gorm/gorm)

The Create Release workflow from go-gorm/gorm, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Create Release workflow from the go-gorm/gorm 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: Create Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'

permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: read

jobs:
  create_release:
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Generate Release Notes and Publish
        id: generate_release_notes
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
        with:
          config-name: 'release-drafter.yml'
          name: "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
          publish: true
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Create Release
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'
 
permissions:
  contents: write
  pull-requests: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  create_release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Generate Release Notes and Publish
        id: generate_release_notes
        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v6
        with:
          config-name: 'release-drafter.yml'
          name: "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
          publish: true
          prerelease: false
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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.

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