ci: Update release workflow to be triggered via API

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,28 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   pull_request: {}
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "release/*"
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version in the form v1.2.3-prerelease+buildinfo"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      tag-prefix:
+        description: "Tag prefix"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "release/"
+      profile:
+        description: "Build profile"
+        required: false
+        type: choice
+        options: ["debug", "release"]
+        default: "release"
+      publish:
+        description: "Publish the release?"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 env:
   CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
@@ -17,7 +33,7 @@ env:
   RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
 
 concurrency:
-  group:  ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -26,44 +42,42 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - id: meta
+        env:
+          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
           shopt -s extglob
-          ref="${{ github.ref }}"
-          if [[ "$ref" == refs/tags/release/* ]]; then
-            ver="${ref##refs/tags/release/}"
-            # Semver-ish
-            if ! echo "$ver" | grep -qE '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?$' ; then
-              echo "Invalid version: $ver" >&2
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            ( echo publish=true
-              echo version="${ver#v}"
-              echo archs='["amd64", "arm64", "arm"]'
-            ) >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            sha="${{ github.sha }}"
-            ( echo version="0.0.0-test.${sha:0:7}"
-              echo archs='["amd64"]'
-            ) >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if [[ '${{ github.event_name }}' == "pull_request" ]]; then
+            echo version="0.0.0-test.${SHA:0:7}"
+            echo archs='["amd64"]'
+            exit 0
+          fi >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if ! [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?(\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Invalid version: $VERSION" >&2
+            exit 1
           fi
+          ( echo version="${VERSION#v}"
+            echo archs='["amd64", "arm64", "arm"]'
+          ) >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
-        if: steps.meta.outputs.publish != 'true'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
       - id: changed
-        if: steps.meta.outputs.publish != 'true'
+        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
         uses: tj-actions/changed-files@77af4bed286740ef1a6387dc4e4e4dec39f96054
         with:
-          # .github/workflows/release.yml
           files: |
+            .github/workflows/release.yml
             justfile
             Cargo.toml
 
     outputs:
       archs: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.archs }}
-      publish: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.publish == 'true' }}
       version: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
-      changed: ${{ steps.changed.outputs.any_changed == 'true' }}
+      package: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || steps.changed.outputs.any_changed == 'true' }}
+      profile: ${{ inputs.profile || 'release' }}
 
   info:
     needs: meta
@@ -73,14 +87,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Info
         run: |
           echo 'github.repository_owner: ${{ github.repository_owner }}'
-          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.publish: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.publish }}'
-          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.publish: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.archs }}'
+          echo 'inputs.version: ${{ inputs.version }}'
+          echo 'inputs.tag-prefix: ${{ inputs.tag-prefix }}'
+          echo 'inputs.profile: ${{ inputs.profile }}'
+          echo 'inputs.publish: ${{ inputs.publish }}'
+          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.archs: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.archs }}'
           echo 'needs.meta.outputs.version: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}'
-          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.changed: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.changed }}'
+          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.package: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.package }}'
+          echo 'needs.meta.outputs.profile: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.profile }}'
 
   package:
     needs: meta
-    if: needs.meta.outputs.changed == 'true' || needs.meta.outputs.publish == 'true'
+    if: needs.meta.outputs.package == 'true'
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -89,39 +107,59 @@ jobs:
 
     # If we're not actually building on a release tag, don't short-circuit on
     # errors. This helps us know whether a failure is platform-specific.
-    continue-on-error: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.publish != 'true' }}
+    continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.publish != 'true' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 40
     container: docker://ghcr.io/linkerd/dev:v43-rust-musl
     env:
       LINKERD2_PROXY_VENDOR: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
       LINKERD2_PROXY_VERSION: ${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}
     steps:
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD" # actions/runner#2033
       - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
-      - run: git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD" # actions/runner#2033
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@23bce251a8cd2ffc3c1075eaa2367cf899916d84
+        with:
+          key: ${{ matrix.libc }}
       - run: just fetch
       - run: just arch=${{ matrix.arch }} libc=${{ matrix.libc }} rustup
-      - run: just arch=${{ matrix.arch }} libc=${{ matrix.libc }} profile=release build
-      - run: just arch=${{ matrix.arch }} libc=${{ matrix.libc }} profile=release package
+      - run: just arch=${{ matrix.arch }} libc=${{ matrix.libc }} profile=${{ needs.meta.outputs.profile }} build
+      - run: just arch=${{ matrix.arch }} libc=${{ matrix.libc }} profile=${{ needs.meta.outputs.profile }} package
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.arch }}-artifacts
           path: target/package/*
 
   publish:
     needs: [meta, package]
-    if: needs.meta.outputs.changed == 'true' || needs.meta.outputs.publish == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 5
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      TAG: "${{ inputs.tag-prefix }}v${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}"
     steps:
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "$PWD" # actions/runner#2033
+          git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
+          git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
+      # Tag the release.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@9bb56186c3b09b4f86b1c65136769dd318469633
+      - run: git tag -a -m "v${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}" "$TAG"
+      # Fetch the artifacts.
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@c850b930e6ba138125429b7e5c93fc707a7f8427
         with:
           path: artifacts
       - run: du -h artifacts/**/*
-      - if: needs.meta.outputs.publish == 'true'
+      # Publish the release.
+      - if: inputs.publish == 'true'
+        run: git push origin "$TAG"
+      - if: inputs.publish == 'true'
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@9d7c94cfd0a1f3ed45544c887983e9fa900f0564
         with:
           name: v${{ needs.meta.outputs.version }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.TAG }}
           files: artifacts/**/*
           generate_release_notes: true
 

justfile

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ test-dir dir *flags:
     cd {{ dir }} && {{ _cargo }} test --frozen {{ _features }} {{ flags }}
 
 # Build the proxy
-build: _build checksec _strip
+# XXX(ver) checksec doesn't work when profile=debug, so skip it.
+build: _build _strip
 
 # Build the proxy without stripping debug symbols
 build-debug: _build