chore: release improvements

Author: TomKaltofen

.github/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -3,73 +3,95 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  issues: write
-  pull-requests: write
-
 jobs:
   github_release:
     name: GitHub Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     outputs:
-      new_release_published: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published }}
       new_release_version: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_version }}
+      new_release_published: ${{ steps.semantic.outputs.new_release_published }}
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.SEMANTIC_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          persist-credentials: false
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: "lts/*"
 
-      - name: Install semantic-release plugins
+      - name: Install semantic release and plugins
         run: |
-          npm install -g semantic-release \
-            @semantic-release/commit-analyzer \
-            @semantic-release/release-notes-generator \
+          npm install -g semantic-release@v24.2.1 \
+            conventional-changelog-cli \
+            conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits \
+            @semantic-release/changelog \
             @semantic-release/exec \
-            @semantic-release/github \
             @semantic-release/git \
-            conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits
-
-      - name: Semantic Release (dry-run)
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SEMANTIC_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-        run: npx semantic-release --dry-run
+            @semantic-release/github
 
-      - name: Semantic Release
+      - name: Semantic Release Dry Run
         id: semantic
+        run: |
+          dry_run_output=$(semantic-release --dry-run 2>&1 || true)
+
+          echo "$dry_run_output"
+
+          # Check if there are no changes
+          if [[ "$dry_run_output" == *"no new version is released"* ]]; then
+            echo "No new release needed"
+            echo "new_release_published=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Extract version from dry run output
+          version=$(echo "$dry_run_output" | grep -oP "The next release version is \K[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+")
+          if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+            echo "::error ::Could not determine version"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          echo "new_release_version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+          # Run actual release
+          if semantic-release; then
+            echo "Release successful"
+            echo "new_release_published=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "Release failed"
+            exit 1
+          fi
         env:
+          CI: true
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SEMANTIC_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
-        run: npx semantic-release
 
   publish:
     name: Publish to PyPI
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: github_release
     if: needs.github_release.outputs.new_release_published == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: main
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Pull latest changes
+      - name: Fetch changes on main
         run: git pull origin main
 
       - name: Setup Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
-      - name: Install build tools
-        run: pip install build twine
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install build twine
 
       - name: Build package
         run: python -m build