Create Release workflow (joke2k/faker)

The Create Release workflow from joke2k/faker, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: joke2k/faker.github/workflows/gh-release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Create Release workflow from the joke2k/faker 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)

on:
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

name: Create Release

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  build:
    permissions:
      contents: write  # for actions/create-release to create a release
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
          body: |
            See [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/${{ github.ref }}/CHANGELOG.md).
          draft: false
          prerelease: false

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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on:
  push:
    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
name: Create Release
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    permissions:
      contents: write  # for actions/create-release to create a release
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # This token is provided by Actions, you do not need to create your own token
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
          body: |
            See [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/joke2k/faker/blob/${{ github.ref }}/CHANGELOG.md).
          draft: false
          prerelease: false

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.

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