Create Release Tag workflow (youzan/vant-weapp)

The Create Release Tag workflow from youzan/vant-weapp, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Create Release Tag workflow from the youzan/vant-weapp 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 Tag

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10

jobs:
  build:
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Create Release for Tag
        id: release_tag
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          generateReleaseNotes: "true"
          body: |
            > 请访问 [更新日志](https://vant-ui.github.io/vant-weapp/#/changelog) 了解所有更新。

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Create Release Tag
 
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Create Release
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
      - name: Create Release for Tag
        id: release_tag
        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
        with:
          generateReleaseNotes: "true"
          body: |
            > 请访问 [更新日志](https://vant-ui.github.io/vant-weapp/#/changelog) 了解所有更新。
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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