From a5b6a822a3d121272dd153555cb233224a0d9172 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: walkowif <59475134+walkowif@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2023 14:26:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Skip release creation on rc tag (#166)

---
 .github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml |  6 +++++
 .github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml             |  6 +++++
 .github/workflows/release.yaml             | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/validation.yaml          |  9 ++++++++
 4 files changed, 47 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
index 2a1d68a1..fb9dd39b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-check-install.yaml
@@ -786,7 +786,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: ${{ env.PKGBUILD }}
 
+      - name: Check if release exists
+        id: check-if-release-exists
+        uses: insightsengineering/release-existence-action@v1
+
       - name: Upload binaries to release 🔼
+        if: >-
+          steps.check-if-release-exists.outputs.release-exists == 'true'
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
index b40c7f9c..07de9d02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pkgdown.yaml
@@ -284,7 +284,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: pkgdown.zip
 
+      - name: Check if release exists
+        id: check-if-release-exists
+        uses: insightsengineering/release-existence-action@v1
+
       - name: Upload binaries to release ⤴
+        if: >-
+          steps.check-if-release-exists.outputs.release-exists == 'true'
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index bc3f8a00..9fddb393 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -11,6 +11,12 @@ on:
         description: |
           Github token with write access to the repository
         required: false
+    inputs:
+      create-rc-releases:
+        description: Whether releases for RC tags (e.g. v0.0.1-rc1) should be created?
+        required: false
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 concurrency:
@@ -40,6 +46,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout repo 🛎
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
+      - name: Get branch names 🌿
+        id: branch-name
+        uses: tj-actions/branch-names@v6
+
+      - name: Check if running for rc tag 🏷️
+        id: rc-tag
+        run: |
+          echo "Current tag: ${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.tag }}"
+          current_tag="${{ steps.branch-name.outputs.tag }}"
+          if [ "$(echo "$current_tag" | grep -E "^v([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+\.)?([0-9]+)(-rc[0-9]+)$")" != "" ]; then
+            echo "Running for rc-tag."
+            echo "is-rc-tag=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "is-rc-tag=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+        shell: bash
+
       - name: Generate Changelog 📜
         run: |
           RELEASE_VERSION=$(awk -F: '/Version:/{gsub(/[ ]+/,"") ; print $2}' DESCRIPTION)
@@ -47,6 +70,9 @@ jobs:
           (awk "/^#+.*${REPOSITORY_NAME//./\.}.*${RELEASE_VERSION//./\.}$/{flag=1;next}/^#+.*${REPOSITORY_NAME//./\.}.*/{flag=0}flag" NEWS.md | grep -v "^$" || echo "* ${RELEASE_VERSION}") > RELEASE_BODY.txt
 
       - name: Create release 🌟
+        if: >-
+          steps.rc-tag.outputs.is-rc-tag == 'false' ||
+            inputs.create-rc-releases == true
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
           body_path: RELEASE_BODY.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
index fde74bf8..417f9d2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/validation.yaml
@@ -107,12 +107,21 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo 🛎
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
       - name: Download artifact ⏬
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: validation_report.pdf
 
+      - name: Check if release exists
+        id: check-if-release-exists
+        uses: insightsengineering/release-existence-action@v1
+
       - name: Upload report to release 🔼
+        if: >-
+          steps.check-if-release-exists.outputs.release-exists == 'true'
         uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
         with:
           file: ./validation_report.pdf