release workflow (xinntao/facexlib)

The release workflow from xinntao/facexlib, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: xinntao/facexlib.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the release workflow from the xinntao/facexlib 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: release
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'

jobs:
  build:
    permissions: write-all
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: FaceXlib ${{ github.ref }} Release Note
          body: |
            🚀 See you again 😸
            🚀Have a nice day 😸 and happy everyday 😃
            🚀 Long time no see ☄️

            ✨ **Highlights**
            ✅ [Features] Support ...

            🐛 **Bug Fixes**

            🌴 **Improvements**

            📢📢📢

            <p align="center">
               <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xinntao/facexlib/master/assets/icon.png" height=150>
            </p>
          draft: true
          prerelease: false

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: release
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - '*'
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    permissions: write-all
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Create Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: FaceXlib ${{ github.ref }} Release Note
          body: |
            🚀 See you again 😸
            🚀Have a nice day 😸 and happy everyday 😃
            🚀 Long time no see ☄️
 
            ✨ **Highlights**
            ✅ [Features] Support ...
 
            🐛 **Bug Fixes**
 
            🌴 **Improvements**
 
            📢📢📢
 
            <p align="center">
               <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xinntao/facexlib/master/assets/icon.png" height=150>
            </p>
          draft: true
          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