ci: test release workflow (dry run on push)

Temporarily triggers on all pushes with dry-run mode to validate
Docker build, changelog extraction, and npm publish --dry-run.
Bumps version to 2.4.0 with changelog entry for testing.

Revert this commit after testing.

Made-with: Cursor

Author: Kamirus

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,14 +2,16 @@ name: Release CLI
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - "cli-v*"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      dry_run:
-        description: "Dry run: build and validate, skip actual publish"
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
+  # TODO: revert after testing — restore tag trigger and workflow_dispatch
+  # push:
+  #   tags:
+  #     - "cli-v*"
+  # workflow_dispatch:
+  #   inputs:
+  #     dry_run:
+  #       description: "Dry run: build and validate, skip actual publish"
+  #       type: boolean
+  #       default: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Abort if tag is not on main
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: false # TODO: revert — disabled for testing
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
           git fetch origin main
@@ -43,11 +45,8 @@ jobs:
         id: version
         working-directory: cli
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "push" ]; then
-            VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME#cli-v}"
-          else
-            VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
-          fi
+          # TODO: revert — always read from package.json for testing
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
           if ! echo "$VERSION" | grep -qE '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.]+)?$'; then
             echo "::error::Invalid version: ${VERSION}"
             exit 1
@@ -56,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           echo "Version: $VERSION"
 
       - name: Validate version matches package.json
-        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        if: false # TODO: revert — needs tag, disabled for testing
         working-directory: cli
         env:
           TAG_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
@@ -156,19 +155,19 @@ jobs:
           } >> /tmp/release-notes.md
 
       - name: Publish to npm (dry run)
-        if: inputs.dry_run
         working-directory: cli
         run: npm publish --provenance --ignore-scripts --dry-run
 
-      - name: Publish to npm
-        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
-        working-directory: cli
-        run: npm publish --provenance --ignore-scripts
+      # TODO: revert — skip real publish and GH release for testing
+      # - name: Publish to npm
+      #   if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+      #   working-directory: cli
+      #   run: npm publish --provenance --ignore-scripts
 
       # --- GitHub Release ---
 
       - name: Create GitHub Release
-        if: ${{ !inputs.dry_run }}
+        if: false # TODO: revert — disabled for testing
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
           TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}

cli/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 # Mops CLI Changelog
 
 ## Next
+
+## 2.4.0
 - Fix `mops check`, `mops build`, and `mops check-stable` failing to find canister entrypoints when run from a subdirectory
+- Automate CLI release process via GitHub Actions
 
 ## 2.3.1
 - Fix `mops build` and `mops check-candid` failing with "Wasm bindings have not been set" when installed via `npm i -g ic-mops`

cli/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "ic-mops",
-  "version": "2.3.1",
+  "version": "2.4.0",
   "type": "module",
   "bin": {
     "mops": "dist/bin/mops.js",