feat: add RPM/DEB package builds for amd64, arm64, 386, arm

Author: Waldek Herka

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
+  release:
+    types: [prereleased]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -20,32 +19,63 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: '1.21'
-          cache: false  # Avoid cache conflict with gh-extension-precompile
+          cache: true
+
+      - name: Install tools (if needed)
+        run: |
+          # Check if envsubst is available, install only if missing
+          if ! command -v envsubst &> /dev/null; then
+            echo "envsubst not found, installing gettext-base..."
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gettext-base
+          else
+            echo "envsubst is already available"
+          fi
 
       - name: Run tests
         run: go test ./...
 
-      - name: Prepare Release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build release binaries and packages
         run: |
-          # Delete existing release if it exists (allows re-running)
-          gh release delete ${{ github.ref_name }} --yes 2>/dev/null || true
+          # Set version from tag (strip 'v' prefix for package version)
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#v}"
+          export VERSION
+          export RPM_RELEASE=1
+          echo "Building version: $VERSION"
+          echo "RPM release: $RPM_RELEASE"
 
-          # Create draft release with generated notes (precompile will add assets)
-          gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} \
-            --title "🚀 ${{ github.ref_name }}" \
-            --generate-notes \
-            --draft=true
+          make release packages
 
-      - name: Create cross-platform builds
-        uses: cli/gh-extension-precompile@v2
-        with:
-          go_version: "1.21"
+          # List all built artifacts
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== Built artifacts ==="
+          ls -lh dist/
+
+          # Display package metadata
+          echo "=== DEB Package Info ==="
+          for deb in dist/*.deb; do
+            echo "--- $deb ---"
+            dpkg-deb -I "$deb" | grep -E "(Package|Version|Architecture|Maintainer)"
+          done
 
-      - name: Publish Release
+          echo ""
+          echo "=== RPM Package Info ==="
+          for rpm in dist/*.rpm; do
+            echo "--- $rpm ---"
+            rpm -qip "$rpm" 2>/dev/null | grep -E "(Name|Version|Release|Architecture|Group)" || \
+              echo "rpm command not available for detailed info"
+          done
+      - name: Upload artifacts and set release as latest
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          # Publish the draft release
-          gh release edit ${{ github.ref_name }} --draft=false
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+
+          # Note: the relase is assumed as created as prerelease
+          # The following section is aimmed at pushing the artifacts to the release
+          # and promoting it to latest
+
+          echo "Uploading artifacts to release $VERSION..."
+          gh release upload "$VERSION" dist/gh-app-auth* --clobber
+
+          echo "Setting release as latest..."
+          gh release edit "$VERSION" --prerelease=false --latest