ci: tag-only prerelease to avoid protected branch push (#545)

Author: JeanPhilippeKernel

.github/workflows/release-please-prerelease.yml

@@ -36,15 +36,13 @@ jobs:
                   echo "new_version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
                   echo "skipped=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-            - name: Commit and tag
+            - name: Tag
               if: steps.bump.outputs.skipped != 'true'
               run: |
                   git config user.name  "github-actions[bot]"
                   git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-                  git add VERSION.txt
-                  git commit -m "chore: release ${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}"
                   git tag "v${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}"
-                  git push origin develop --follow-tags
+                  git push origin "v${{ steps.bump.outputs.new_version }}"
 
     publish-windows:
         needs: bump-version

Scripts/bump-prerelease.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Computes the next rc version from conventional commits since the last tag,
-# writes VERSION.txt, and prints the new version to stdout.
+# Computes the next rc version from conventional commits since the last tag
+# and prints it to stdout. Does not modify any files.
 #
 # Usage: bump-prerelease.sh
 # Output: the new version string, e.g. 0.3.0-rc.2
@@ -68,5 +68,4 @@ fi
 ALPHA_N=$((ALPHA_N + 1))
 NEW_VERSION="${MAJOR}.${MINOR}.${PATCH}-rc.${ALPHA_N}"
 
-printf '%s\n' "$NEW_VERSION" > "$VERSION_FILE"
 echo "$NEW_VERSION"