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Create Release workflow (wizarrrr/wizarr)

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Source: wizarrrr/wizarr.github/workflows/create-release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Create Release workflow from the wizarrrr/wizarr repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)
name: Create Release

on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
    types: [closed]

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
    if: |
      github.event.pull_request.merged == true && 
      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release v') &&
      github.repository_owner == 'wizarrrr'
    permissions:
      contents: write
      
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fetch-depth: 0
      
      - name: Extract version from PR title
        id: version
        run: |
          PR_TITLE="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
          VERSION=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | sed 's/Release v//')
          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "tag=v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        id: create_release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # Save PR body to file to avoid shell injection
          cat > pr_body.md << 'EOF'
          ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
          EOF

          # Extract changelog from PR body (remove the footer)
          sed '/^---$/,$d' pr_body.md > changelog.md

          # Create the release (explicitly published, not draft)
          echo "Creating published release ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}..."
          gh release create "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" \
            --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" \
            --notes-file changelog.md \
            --latest

          # Verify the release was published (not draft)
          RELEASE_INFO=$(gh release view "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" --json isDraft,url)
          IS_DRAFT=$(echo "$RELEASE_INFO" | jq -r '.isDraft')
          RELEASE_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_INFO" | jq -r '.url')

          if [[ "$IS_DRAFT" == "true" ]]; then
            echo "❌ ERROR: Release was created as draft! This will not trigger wizarr-release workflow."
            exit 1
          else
            echo "βœ… Release successfully published and will trigger wizarr-release workflow"
          fi

          echo "html_url=$RELEASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      
      - name: Summary
        run: |
          echo "πŸŽ‰ **Release Created & Published!**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- **Version**: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- **Release URL**: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.html_url }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "## What happens next:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "1. βš™οΈ **wizarr-release** workflow is now triggered (Docker build)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "2. πŸ“¦ Docker images built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "3. 🏷️ Images tagged as \`:latest\` and \`:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "4. πŸš€ Images pushed to ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/wizarr" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY

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name: Create Release
 
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [main]
    types: [closed]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  create-release:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    if: |
      github.event.pull_request.merged == true && 
      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release v') &&
      github.repository_owner == 'wizarrrr'
    permissions:
      contents: write
      
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v7
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          fetch-depth: 0
      
      - name: Extract version from PR title
        id: version
        run: |
          PR_TITLE="${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}"
          VERSION=$(echo "$PR_TITLE" | sed 's/Release v//')
          echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
          echo "tag=v$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        id: create_release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          # Save PR body to file to avoid shell injection
          cat > pr_body.md << 'EOF'
          ${{ github.event.pull_request.body }}
          EOF
 
          # Extract changelog from PR body (remove the footer)
          sed '/^---$/,$d' pr_body.md > changelog.md
 
          # Create the release (explicitly published, not draft)
          echo "Creating published release ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}..."
          gh release create "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" \
            --title "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" \
            --notes-file changelog.md \
            --latest
 
          # Verify the release was published (not draft)
          RELEASE_INFO=$(gh release view "${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" --json isDraft,url)
          IS_DRAFT=$(echo "$RELEASE_INFO" | jq -r '.isDraft')
          RELEASE_URL=$(echo "$RELEASE_INFO" | jq -r '.url')
 
          if [[ "$IS_DRAFT" == "true" ]]; then
            echo "❌ ERROR: Release was created as draft! This will not trigger wizarr-release workflow."
            exit 1
          else
            echo "βœ… Release successfully published and will trigger wizarr-release workflow"
          fi
 
          echo "html_url=$RELEASE_URL" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
      
      - name: Summary
        run: |
          echo "πŸŽ‰ **Release Created & Published!**" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- **Version**: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "- **Release URL**: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.html_url }}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "## What happens next:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "1. βš™οΈ **wizarr-release** workflow is now triggered (Docker build)" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "2. πŸ“¦ Docker images built for linux/amd64 and linux/arm64" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "3. 🏷️ Images tagged as \`:latest\` and \`:${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
          echo "4. πŸš€ Images pushed to ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/wizarr" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
 

What changed

What Latchkey heals here

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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