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Add auto-tag GitHub release workflow#359

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Testing:

dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   echo "--- Tags ---";     gh api repos/zmaguire/efs-utils/tags --jq '.[].name'

--- Tags ---

(26-07-07 18:38:56) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   echo "--- Releases ---"; gh release list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils

--- Releases ---
no releases found

(26-07-07 18:38:58) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % git push --force-with-lease origin master
Enumerating objects: 8, done.
Counting objects: 100% (8/8), done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (5/5), done.
Writing objects: 100% (5/5), 1.90 KiB | 1.90 MiB/s, done.
Total 5 (delta 1), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (1/1), completed with 1 local object.
To https://github.com/zmaguire/efs-utils.git
 + 4ee3071...6807230 master -> master (forced update)

(26-07-07 18:39:05) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run watch --repo zmaguire/efs-utils \
    $(gh run list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --workflow "Auto-tag GitHub Release" --limit 1 --json databaseId --jq '.[0].databaseId')

✓ master Auto-tag GitHub Release · 28889937031
Triggered via push less than a minute ago

JOBS
✓ release in 9s (ID 85699686343)
  ✓ Set up job
  ✓ Checkout
  ✓ Extract version from config.ini
  ✓ Check version against latest release
  ✓ Create tag and GitHub release
  ✓ Post Checkout
  ✓ Complete job

✓ Run Auto-tag GitHub Release (28889937031) completed with 'success'

(26-07-07 18:39:24) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   RUN=$(gh run list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --workflow "Auto-tag GitHub Release" --limit 1 --json databaseId --jq '.[0].databaseId')


(26-07-07 18:39:28) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run view "$RUN" --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --log | grep -iE "Parsed version|does not exist|Created release and tag"

release	Extract version from config.ini	2026-07-07T18:39:14.7731026Z echo "Parsed version=${RAW_VERSION}, tag=${TAG}, changelog=CHANGELOG-${MAJOR}.x.md"
release	Extract version from config.ini	2026-07-07T18:39:14.8030725Z Parsed version=3.1.3, tag=v3.1.3, changelog=CHANGELOG-3.x.md
release	Create tag and GitHub release	2026-07-07T18:39:15.1956371Z echo "Created release and tag ${TAG} at ${GITHUB_SHA}"
release	Create tag and GitHub release	2026-07-07T18:39:17.8351371Z Created release and tag v3.1.3 at 680723041327e183229e4627e0fd0a4514329551

(26-07-07 18:39:33) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   echo "--- Tags ---";     gh api repos/zmaguire/efs-utils/tags --jq '.[].name'

--- Tags ---
v3.1.3

(26-07-07 18:39:37) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   echo "--- Release body ---"; gh release view v3.1.3 --repo zmaguire/efs-utils

--- Release body ---
v3.1.3
github-actions[bot] released this less than a minute ago

  Amazon efs-utils                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                      
  ## CHANGELOG                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                      
  See CHANGELOG https://github.com/zmaguire/efs-utils/blob/master/CHANGELOG-3.x.md for full list of changes           


View on GitHub: https://github.com/zmaguire/efs-utils/releases/tag/v3.1.3

(26-07-07 18:39:40) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   echo "--- Tag commit (should == your pushed HEAD) ---"

--- Tag commit (should == your pushed HEAD) ---

(26-07-07 18:39:43) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   git ls-remote --tags origin v3.1.3

680723041327e183229e4627e0fd0a4514329551	refs/tags/v3.1.3

(26-07-07 18:39:46) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   git rev-parse HEAD

680723041327e183229e4627e0fd0a4514329551

(26-07-07 18:39:48) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   git commit --allow-empty -m "Idempotency test: no version change, expect no-op"

[master a9f43a1] Idempotency test: no version change, expect no-op

(26-07-07 18:39:59) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   git push origin master
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --workflow "Auto-tag GitHub Release" --limit 5 \
    --json databaseId,headSha,status,conclusion,createdAt \
    --jq '.[] | "\(.databaseId)  \(.headSha[0:7])  \(.status)/\(.conclusion)  \(.createdAt)"'

28889995757  a9f43a1  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:40:07Z
28889937031  6807230  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:39:07Z
28889754151  4ee3071  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:36:01Z
28887761482  a060df7  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:02:24Z
28887587357  e2e447f  completed/success  2026-07-07T17:59:32Z

(26-07-07 18:41:28) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % RUN2=28889995757                                                                        

(26-07-07 18:41:57) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run view "$RUN2" --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --log | grep -iE "already exists|nothing to do"

release	Check version against latest release	2026-07-07T18:40:13.8076261Z   echo "Version ${VERSION} already released (tag ${TAG}); nothing to do."
release	Check version against latest release	2026-07-07T18:40:14.0990675Z Version 3.1.3 already released (tag v3.1.3); nothing to do.

(26-07-07 18:42:03) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % sed -i 's/^version=3.1.3/version=3.1.2/' config.ini

(26-07-07 18:42:25) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   grep '^version=' config.ini                       # confirm now 3.1.2

config.ini:version=3.1.2
grep: #: No such file or directory
grep: confirm: No such file or directory
grep: now: No such file or directory
grep: 3.1.2: No such file or directory

(26-07-07 18:42:27) <2> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % git commit -am "Downgrade test: expect regression guard to fail (will revert)"

[master f7664e8] Downgrade test: expect regression guard to fail (will revert)
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

(26-07-07 18:42:32) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % git push origin master
Enumerating objects: 5, done.
Counting objects: 100% (5/5), done.
Delta compression using up to 8 threads
Compressing objects: 100% (3/3), done.
Writing objects: 100% (3/3), 341 bytes | 341.00 KiB/s, done.
Total 3 (delta 2), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 0 (from 0)
remote: Resolving deltas: 100% (2/2), completed with 2 local objects.
To https://github.com/zmaguire/efs-utils.git
   a9f43a1..f7664e8  master -> master

(26-07-07 18:42:36) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --workflow "Auto-tag GitHub Release" --limit 5 \
    --json databaseId,headSha,status,conclusion,createdAt \
    --jq '.[] | "\(.databaseId)  \(.headSha[0:7])  \(.status)/\(.conclusion)  \(.createdAt)"'

28890146644  f7664e8  completed/failure  2026-07-07T18:42:38Z
28889995757  a9f43a1  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:40:07Z
28889937031  6807230  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:39:07Z
28889754151  4ee3071  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:36:01Z
28887761482  a060df7  completed/success  2026-07-07T18:02:24Z

(26-07-07 18:42:54) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % DOWN="28890146644"

(26-07-07 18:43:07) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh run view "$DOWN" --repo zmaguire/efs-utils --log | grep -iE "OLDER than latest|refusing to release"

release	Check version against latest release	2026-07-07T18:42:48.1194528Z   echo "::error::config.ini version ${VERSION} isOLDER than latest release ${LATEST}; refusing to release a regression."
release	Check version against latest release	2026-07-07T18:42:48.3053848Z ##[error]config.ini version 3.1.2 is OLDER than latest release 3.1.3; refusing to release a regression.

(26-07-07 18:43:14) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 % gh api repos/zmaguire/efs-utils/tags --jq '.[].name'
v3.1.3

(26-07-07 18:43:26) <0> [~/ws/EFS-82338/efs-utils]  
dev-dsk-maguirza-1d-b3615266 %   gh release list --repo zmaguire/efs-utils

TITLE   TYPE    TAG NAME  PUBLISHED          
v3.1.3  Latest  v3.1.3    about 4 minutes ago

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DavidXU12345
DavidXU12345 reviewed Jul 7, 2026
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echo "Tag ${TAG} already exists on origin; nothing to do."
else
echo "exists=false" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
echo "Tag ${TAG} does not exist; proceeding to release."

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to be safer, is it possible to check the release version is newer?

@zmaguire zmaguire force-pushed the master branch 2 times, most recently from f7664e8 to 6807230 Compare July 7, 2026 18:48
@DavidXU12345 DavidXU12345 merged commit a15b5ef into aws:master Jul 7, 2026
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