ci: modernize release workflow with softprops/action-gh-release@v2

Replace deprecated `actions/create-release@v1` and
`actions/upload-release-asset@v1` (both archived) with
`softprops/action-gh-release@v2` which auto-detects the tag,
uploads assets, and preserves existing release notes.

- Remove separate `create-release` job and its `upload_url` output
  dependency chain — build jobs now upload directly
- Add `permissions: contents: write` at workflow level for
  GITHUB_TOKEN to create/update releases
- Unify asset upload into single step per build with
  `fail_on_unmatched_files: false` so Unix (.tar.gz) and Windows
  (.zip) builds don't fail on the other's missing archive format
- Add Visual Studio solution files (*.sln, *.suo, *.user) to
  .gitignore under IDE/Editors section
- Document all changes in CHANGELOG.md [Unreleased] section

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>

Author: doublegate

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,38 +9,13 @@ on:
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
-jobs:
-  # Create release
-  create-release:
-    name: Create Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-      version: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
-
-      - name: Get version from tag
-        id: get_version
-        env:
-          TAG_REF: ${{ github.ref }}
-        run: echo "version=${TAG_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Create Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: SPECTRE ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref, '-') }}
+permissions:
+  contents: write
 
+jobs:
   # Build binaries
   build:
     name: Build (${{ matrix.target }})
-    needs: create-release
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -121,24 +96,10 @@ jobs:
           Copy-Item README.md, LICENSE, CHANGELOG.md dist/
           Compress-Archive -Path dist/* -DestinationPath "${{ matrix.artifact }}.zip"
 
-      - name: Upload Release Asset (Unix)
-        if: runner.os != 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./${{ matrix.artifact }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: ${{ matrix.artifact }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip
-
-      - name: Upload Release Asset (Windows)
-        if: runner.os == 'Windows'
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          upload_url: ${{ needs.create-release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: ./${{ matrix.artifact }}.zip
-          asset_name: ${{ matrix.artifact }}.zip
-          asset_content_type: application/zip
+          files: |
+            ${{ matrix.artifact }}.tar.gz
+            ${{ matrix.artifact }}.zip
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: false

.gitignore

@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ Session.vim
 \#*\#
 .\#*
 
+# Visual Studio
+*.sln
+*.suo
+*.user
+*.userosscache
+*.sln.docstates
+
 # Sublime Text
 *.sublime-project
 *.sublime-workspace

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Changed
+
+#### Release Workflow Modernization
+
+- **Replaced deprecated GitHub Actions** in `.github/workflows/release.yml`:
+  - Removed `actions/create-release@v1` (archived/deprecated) and `actions/upload-release-asset@v1` (archived/deprecated)
+  - Replaced with `softprops/action-gh-release@v2` which auto-detects the tag, uploads assets, and preserves existing release notes
+- **Simplified workflow architecture**: Removed the separate `create-release` job — build jobs now upload release assets directly, eliminating the `upload_url` output dependency chain
+- **Added `permissions: contents: write`** at the workflow level for `GITHUB_TOKEN` to create releases
+- **Unified asset upload step**: Single upload step per build job handles both `.tar.gz` (Unix) and `.zip` (Windows) with `fail_on_unmatched_files: false` so each platform only uploads its own format without failing on the other's missing archive
+- **Added `SPECTRE.sln` to `.gitignore`**: Visual Studio solution files (`.sln`, `.suo`, `.user`, etc.) now excluded from version control
+
 ### Planned
 - GUI application with Tauri 2.0 — Phase 5
 - MCP server implementation — Phase 6