Improve the release process

.github/workflows/create-tag.yml

@@ -4,14 +4,33 @@ on:
   pull_request:
     types:
       - closed
-
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      commit:
+        description: 'Commit hash'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   create-tag:
-    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'bump-version')
+    if: >-
+      (inputs.commit || false)
+      github.event.pull_request.merged == true &&
+      github.event.pull_request.user.login == 'github-actions' &&
+      github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.event.pull_request.base.repo.full_name &&
+      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'bump-version')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Checkout to the input commit
+        run: |
+          if [[ -z "${{ inputs.commit }}" ]]; then
+            COMMIT="${{ inputs.commit }}"
+          else
+            COMMIT=git rev-parse ${{ github.sha }}^@ | grep -Fvx ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          fi
+          git checkout $COMMIT
 
       - name: Install rust toolchain
         uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
@@ -23,5 +42,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create tag
         run: |
           TAG_NAME="v${{ env.version }}"
-          git tag $TAG_NAME
+          git tag -s $TAG_NAME
           git push origin $TAG_NAME

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-# This file was autogenerated by cargo-dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
+# This file was autogenerated by dist: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/
 #
 # Copyright 2022-2024, axodotdev
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT or Apache-2.0
 #
 # CI that:
 #
 # * checks for a Git Tag that looks like a release
-# * builds artifacts with cargo-dist (archives, installers, hashes)
+# * builds artifacts with dist (archives, installers, hashes)
 # * uploads those artifacts to temporary workflow zip
 # * on success, uploads the artifacts to a GitHub Release
 #
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ permissions:
 # must be a Cargo-style SemVer Version (must have at least major.minor.patch).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME is specified, then the announcement will be for that
-# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't cargo-dist-able).
+# package (erroring out if it doesn't have the given version or isn't dist-able).
 #
 # If PACKAGE_NAME isn't specified, then the announcement will be for all
-# (cargo-dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
+# (dist-able) packages in the workspace with that version (this mode is
 # intended for workspaces with only one dist-able package, or with all dist-able
 # packages versioned/released in lockstep).
 #
@@ -39,12 +39,13 @@ permissions:
 # If there's a prerelease-style suffix to the version, then the release(s)
 # will be marked as a prerelease.
 on:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     tags:
       - '**[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
 
 jobs:
-  # Run 'cargo dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
+  # Run 'dist plan' (or host) to determine what tasks we need to do
   plan:
     runs-on: "ubuntu-20.04"
     outputs:
@@ -58,25 +59,25 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         # we specify bash to get pipefail; it guards against the `curl` command
         # failing. otherwise `sh` won't catch that `curl` returned non-0
         shell: bash
-        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.22.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
-      - name: Cache cargo-dist
+        run: "curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/axodotdev/cargo-dist/releases/download/v0.25.1/cargo-dist-installer.sh | sh"
+      - name: Cache dist
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
-          path: ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+          path: ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # sure would be cool if github gave us proper conditionals...
       # so here's a doubly-nested ternary-via-truthiness to try to provide the best possible
       # functionality based on whether this is a pull_request, and whether it's from a fork.
       # (PRs run on the *source* but secrets are usually on the *target* -- that's *good*
       # but also really annoying to build CI around when it needs secrets to work right.)
       - id: plan
         run: |
-          cargo dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist ${{ (!github.event.pull_request && format('host --steps=create --tag={0}', github.ref_name)) || 'plan' }} --output-format=json > plan-dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
           cat plan-dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." plan-dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: "Upload dist-manifest.json"
@@ -94,12 +95,12 @@ jobs:
     if: ${{ fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.artifacts_matrix.include != null && (needs.plan.outputs.publishing == 'true' || fromJson(needs.plan.outputs.val).ci.github.pr_run_mode == 'upload') }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
-      # Target platforms/runners are computed by cargo-dist in create-release.
+      # Target platforms/runners are computed by dist in create-release.
       # Each member of the matrix has the following arguments:
       #
       # - runner: the github runner
-      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to cargo dist
-      # - install-dist: expression to run to install cargo-dist on the runner
+      # - dist-args: cli flags to pass to dist
+      # - install-dist: expression to run to install dist on the runner
       #
       # Typically there will be:
       # - 1 "global" task that builds universal installers
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cargo-dist
+      - name: Install dist
         run: ${{ matrix.install_dist }}
       # Get the dist-manifest
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
@@ -131,8 +132,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build artifacts
         run: |
           # Actually do builds and make zips and whatnot
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --print=linkage --output-format=json ${{ matrix.dist_args }} > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
       - id: cargo-dist
         name: Post-build
         # We force bash here just because github makes it really hard to get values up
@@ -167,12 +168,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Get all the local artifacts for the global tasks to use (for e.g. checksums)
       - name: Fetch local artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -183,8 +184,8 @@ jobs:
       - id: cargo-dist
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
-          echo "cargo dist ran successfully"
+          dist build ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --output-format=json "--artifacts=global" > dist-manifest.json
+          echo "dist ran successfully"
 
           # Parse out what we just built and upload it to scratch storage
           echo "paths<<EOF" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -216,12 +217,12 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: recursive
-      - name: Install cached cargo-dist
+      - name: Install cached dist
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: cargo-dist-cache
           path: ~/.cargo/bin/
-      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/cargo-dist
+      - run: chmod +x ~/.cargo/bin/dist
       # Fetch artifacts from scratch-storage
       - name: Fetch artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ jobs:
       - id: host
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cargo dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
+          dist host ${{ needs.plan.outputs.tag-flag }} --steps=upload --steps=release --output-format=json > dist-manifest.json
           echo "artifacts uploaded and released successfully"
           cat dist-manifest.json
           echo "manifest=$(jq -c "." dist-manifest.json)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

Cargo.toml

@@ -61,29 +61,6 @@ tempfile = "3"
 # unnecessary-cast = "allow"
 # useless-transmute  = "allow"
 
-# Config for 'cargo dist'
-[workspace.metadata.dist]
-# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
-cargo-dist-version = "0.22.1"
-# CI backends to support
-ci = "github"
-# The installers to generate for each app
-installers = ["shell"]
-# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
-targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
-# Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
-dist = false
-# Which actions to run on pull requests
-pr-run-mode = "plan"
-# Whether to install an updater program
-install-updater = false
-# Path that installers should place binaries in
-install-path = "CARGO_HOME"
-
-[workspace.metadata.dist.github-custom-runners]
-aarch64-apple-darwin = "macos-14"
-x86_64-apple-darwin = "macos-12"
-
 # Config for 'cargo release'
 [workspace.metadata.release]
 shared-version = true # ensures published packages share the same version

dist-workspace.toml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+[workspace]
+members = ["cargo:."]
+
+# Config for 'dist'
+[dist]
+# The preferred dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.25.1"
+# CI backends to support
+ci = "github"
+# The installers to generate for each app
+installers = ["shell"]
+# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
+targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu"]
+# Whether to consider the binaries in a package for distribution (defaults true)
+dist = false
+# Which actions to run on pull requests
+pr-run-mode = "plan"
+# Whether to install an updater program
+install-updater = false
+# Path that installers should place binaries in
+install-path = "CARGO_HOME"
+
+[dist.github-custom-runners]
+aarch64-apple-darwin = "macos-14"
+x86_64-apple-darwin = "macos-12"