goreleaser workflow (JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown)

The goreleaser workflow from JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the goreleaser workflow from the JohannesKaufmann/html-to-markdown 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: goreleaser

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v2.*'

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  goreleaser:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: 'stable'
          check-latest: true

      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0

      # Cloudsmith CLI tooling for pushing releases
      # See https://help.cloudsmith.io/docs/cli
      - name: Install Cloudsmith CLI
        run: pip install --upgrade cloudsmith-cli


      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
        with:
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: 'latest'
          args: release --clean
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}


      # Publish to the "stable" repo on Cloudsmith
      # See https://cloudsmith.io/~html-to-markdown/repos/stable/
      - name: Publish .deb to Cloudsmith
        env:
          CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          for filename in dist/*.deb; do
            # armv6 and armv7 are both "armhf" so we can skip the duplicate
            if [[ "$filename" == *"armv6"* ]]; then
              echo "Skipping $filename"
              continue
            fi

            echo "Pushing $filename to 'stable'"
            cloudsmith push deb html-to-markdown/stable/any-distro/any-version $filename
          done

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: goreleaser
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v2.*'
 
permissions:
  contents: write
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  goreleaser:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Setup Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
        with:
          go-version: 'stable'
          check-latest: true
 
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          fetch-depth: 0
 
      # Cloudsmith CLI tooling for pushing releases
      # See https://help.cloudsmith.io/docs/cli
      - name: Install Cloudsmith CLI
        run: pip install --upgrade cloudsmith-cli
 
 
      - name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v6
        with:
          distribution: goreleaser
          version: 'latest'
          args: release --clean
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TAP_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
 
      # Publish to the "stable" repo on Cloudsmith
      # See https://cloudsmith.io/~html-to-markdown/repos/stable/
      - name: Publish .deb to Cloudsmith
        env:
          CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.CLOUDSMITH_API_KEY }}
        run: |
          for filename in dist/*.deb; do
            # armv6 and armv7 are both "armhf" so we can skip the duplicate
            if [[ "$filename" == *"armv6"* ]]; then
              echo "Skipping $filename"
              continue
            fi
 
            echo "Pushing $filename to 'stable'"
            cloudsmith push deb html-to-markdown/stable/any-distro/any-version $filename
          done

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:

Dependency installs

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/setup-go actions/checkout goreleaser/goreleaser-action