[build] Finalize release test workflow

Author: Breakthrough

.github/workflows/release-test.yml

@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ jobs:
           pip install build twine pip-audit
       - name: Version consistency check
         run: |
-          VERSION=$(python -c "import scenedetect; print(scenedetect.__version__)")
+          # Parse __version__ directly so we don't have to install scenedetect
+          # (importing it triggers a cv2-availability guard).
+          VERSION=$(python -c "import ast,pathlib; print(next(n.value.value for n in ast.parse(pathlib.Path('scenedetect/__init__.py').read_text()).body if isinstance(n, ast.Assign) and any(getattr(t,'id',None)=='__version__' for t in n.targets)))")
           echo "scenedetect.__version__ = $VERSION"
           if [[ "${{ github.ref }}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
             TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
@@ -37,10 +39,16 @@ jobs:
           fi
       - name: Build and Check
         run: |
-          python -m build
-          twine check dist/*
+          # Build to a clean output dir — `dist/` already holds tracked installer
+          # scripts and config (e.g. dist/generate_assets.py, dist/installer/),
+          # so `twine check dist/*` would try to validate non-distribution files.
+          python -m build --outdir build-dist
+          twine check build-dist/*
       - name: pip-audit
-        run: pip-audit
+        # CVE-2026-3219 in pip 26.0.1 has no fix version available upstream
+        # and pip ships pre-installed on the runner (not controlled by this
+        # project). Re-evaluate when pip publishes a fix.
+        run: pip-audit --ignore-vuln CVE-2026-3219
 
   release-tests:
     needs: static
@@ -114,11 +122,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build wheel
         run: |
           pip install build
-          python -m build --wheel
+          python -m build --wheel --outdir build-dist
       - name: Test Bare Install
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          WHEEL=$(ls dist/*.whl)
+          WHEEL=$(ls build-dist/*.whl)
           PY=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_bare/Scripts/python' || 'venv_bare/bin/python' }}
           PYTEST=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_bare/Scripts/pytest' || 'venv_bare/bin/pytest' }}
           python -m venv venv_bare
@@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test OpenCV Install
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          WHEEL=$(ls dist/*.whl)
+          WHEEL=$(ls build-dist/*.whl)
           PY=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_opencv/Scripts/python' || 'venv_opencv/bin/python' }}
           PYTEST=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_opencv/Scripts/pytest' || 'venv_opencv/bin/pytest' }}
           python -m venv venv_opencv
@@ -136,7 +144,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test PyAV Install
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          WHEEL=$(ls dist/*.whl)
+          WHEEL=$(ls build-dist/*.whl)
           PY=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_pyav/Scripts/python' || 'venv_pyav/bin/python' }}
           PYTEST=${{ matrix.os == 'windows-latest' && 'venv_pyav/Scripts/pytest' || 'venv_pyav/bin/pytest' }}
           python -m venv venv_pyav