From 7518676ac9159cf6c22ed3a4f058bd26181dbab3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SteveLauC <stevelauc@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2025 14:39:23 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] ci: allow specifying tag when manually run
 'create_release_assets.yml' (#1180)

Adds a parameter existing_tag to the workflow_dispatch event of "create_release_assets.yml", which would allow us to re-run a failed release.
---
 .github/workflows/create_release_assets.yml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/create_release_assets.yml b/.github/workflows/create_release_assets.yml
index aeea31bd..fea1c404 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create_release_assets.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create_release_assets.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@ name: Publish release files for CD native and non-cd-native environments
 on:
   release:
     types: [ created ]
+  # When a release failed, and there is something you need to fix in this 
+  # YML file, you can manually re-run the job via this event to re-do the
+  # release. (Simply re-run the job through GitHub UI won't work as it would use
+  # the old YML file, which needs a fix.)
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      # The GitHub Action (softprops/action-gh-release) used in this pipeline 
+      # needs a tag, you specify it through this parameter.
+      # 
+      # In the case described above, it should be an existing tag. E.g., the 
+      # release of v16.0.4 failed, you should specify "v16.0.4" here.
+      existing_tag: 
+        description: "The tag of the failed release that you wanna re-run and fix"
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
   # Publish release files for CD native environments
@@ -88,9 +102,19 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'windows-latest' }}
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Determine tag name
+        id: determine_tag_name
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" ]; then
+            echo "tag_name=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "tag_name=${{ github.event.inputs.existing_tag }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.determine_tag_name.outputs.tag_name }}
           files: assets/*
 
   # Publish release files for non-CD-native environments
@@ -181,7 +205,17 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.target == 'aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu' || matrix.target == 'armv7-unknown-linux-gnueabihf' }}
         shell: bash
 
+      - name: Determine tag name
+        id: determine_tag_name
+        run: |
+          if [ -n "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" ]; then
+            echo "tag_name=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          else
+            echo "tag_name=${{ github.event.inputs.existing_tag }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
+
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.determine_tag_name.outputs.tag_name }}
           files: assets/*