feat: two step release tag creation [ED-24451]

.github/workflows/pr.yml

@@ -24,7 +24,20 @@
             - name: Run Lint
               run: npm run lint
 
+    test:
+        name: Test
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        steps:
+            - name: Checkout source code
+              uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - name: Install Dependencies
+              uses: ./.github/actions/install-deps
+
+            - name: Run Tests
+              run: npm test
+
     require-build:
         name: Require Build in PR
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         steps:

actions/release-tag-creation/action.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+name: Release Tag Creation
+description: Validates the version, bumps version files, creates and pushes a git release tag.
+
+inputs:
+  version:
+    required: true
+    description: 'Version to release (e.g. 4.1.0-beta1 or 4.0.11).'
+  dry_run:
+    required: false
+    default: 'true'
+    description: 'Dry run — validate everything but do not push commits or create tag.'
+  maintain_username:
+    required: true
+    description: 'Git user.name for the version-bump commit.'
+  maintain_email:
+    required: true
+    description: 'Git user.email for the version-bump commit.'
+
+outputs:
+  channel:
+    description: 'The release channel: stable or beta.'
+    value: ${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.channel }}
+  checkout_branch:
+    description: 'The branch the version bump was applied to.'
+    value: ${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.checkout_branch }}
+  tag_pushed:
+    description: 'Whether the tag was pushed (true/false).'
+    value: ${{ steps.create-release-tag.outputs.tag_pushed }}
+  readme_stable_tag:
+    description: 'The Stable tag value written to readme.txt.'
+    value: ${{ steps.capture-readme.outputs.readme_stable_tag }}
+  readme_beta_tag:
+    description: 'The Beta tag value written to readme.txt.'
+    value: ${{ steps.capture-readme.outputs.readme_beta_tag }}
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - name: Handle version input
+    id: handle-version-input
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+    run: node "${{ github.action_path }}/dist/index.js"
+
+  - name: Switch to release branch
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      git checkout ${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.checkout_branch }}
+      git checkout ${{ github.sha }} -- .github/
+
+  - name: Config git user
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      git config --global user.name "${{ inputs.maintain_username }}"
+      git config --global user.email "${{ inputs.maintain_email }}"
+
+  - name: Update version files
+    id: capture-readme
+    shell: bash
+    env:
+      INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+      INPUT_CHANNEL: ${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.channel }}
+    run: node "${{ github.action_path }}/dist/update-version-files.js"
+
+  - name: Commit version bump
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      VERSION="${{ inputs.version }}"
+      DRY_RUN="${{ inputs.dry_run }}"
+      if [[ "${DRY_RUN}" == "true" ]]; then
+        echo "Dry run — skipping commit."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+      git add elementor.php readme.txt
+      if git diff --cached --quiet; then
+        echo "No changes to commit — version files already at ${VERSION}."
+        exit 0
+      fi
+      git commit -m "Bump version to ${VERSION}"
+      echo "Committed version bump to ${VERSION}."
+
+  - name: Create release tag
+    id: create-release-tag
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      if [[ "${{ inputs.dry_run }}" == "true" ]]; then
+        echo "Dry run — skipping tag push."
+        echo "tag_pushed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      else
+        git tag -a "${{ inputs.version }}" -m "Release version ${{ inputs.version }}"
+        git push origin "${{ inputs.version }}"
+        echo "Release tag ${{ inputs.version }} pushed successfully (branch unchanged)."
+        echo "tag_pushed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      fi
+
+  - name: Write job summary
+    shell: bash
+    run: |
+      DRY_RUN="${{ inputs.dry_run }}"
+      TAG_PUSHED="${{ steps.create-release-tag.outputs.tag_pushed }}"
+      CHANNEL="${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.channel }}"
+      BRANCH="${{ steps.handle-version-input.outputs.checkout_branch }}"
+      STABLE_TAG="${{ steps.capture-readme.outputs.readme_stable_tag }}"
+      BETA_TAG="${{ steps.capture-readme.outputs.readme_beta_tag }}"
+
+      if [[ "${DRY_RUN}" == "true" ]]; then
+        MODE_BADGE="🔵 Dry Run"
+      else
+        MODE_BADGE="🚀 Live"
+      fi
+
+      if [[ "${TAG_PUSHED}" == "true" ]]; then
+        TAG_STATUS="✅ Pushed"
+      else
+        TAG_STATUS="⏭️ Skipped (dry run)"
+      fi
+
+      {
+        echo "## Release Tag Creation Report"
+        echo ""
+        echo "| Field | Value |"
+        echo "| --- | --- |"
+        echo "| **Mode** | ${MODE_BADGE} |"
+        echo "| **Version** | \`${{ inputs.version }}\` |"
+        echo "| **Channel** | ${CHANNEL} |"
+        echo "| **Branch** | \`${BRANCH}\` |"
+        echo "| **Tag pushed** | ${TAG_STATUS} |"
+        echo "| **readme.txt stable tag** | \`${STABLE_TAG}\` |"
+        echo "| **readme.txt beta tag** | \`${BETA_TAG}\` |"
+      } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"

actions/release-tag-creation/index.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { run } from './main';
+
+run();

actions/release-tag-creation/main.test.ts

@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
+import { appendFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { afterEach, beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+import {
+	checkTagDoesNotExist,
+	deriveBranch,
+	extractChannel,
+	getVersion,
+	setOutput,
+	validateFormat,
+} from './main';
+
+vi.mock('node:child_process');
+vi.mock('node:fs');
+
+const mockExecSync = vi.mocked(execSync);
+const mockAppendFileSync = vi.mocked(appendFileSync);
+
+// ─── getVersion ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('getVersion', () => {
+	afterEach(() => {
+		delete process.env['INPUT_VERSION'];
+	});
+
+	it('returns the trimmed version from INPUT_VERSION', () => {
+		process.env['INPUT_VERSION'] = '  3.11.0  ';
+		expect(getVersion()).toBe('3.11.0');
+	});
+
+	it('throws when INPUT_VERSION is not set', () => {
+		delete process.env['INPUT_VERSION'];
+		expect(() => getVersion()).toThrow('No version provided');
+	});
+
+	it('throws when INPUT_VERSION is an empty string', () => {
+		process.env['INPUT_VERSION'] = '   ';
+		expect(() => getVersion()).toThrow('No version provided');
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── setOutput ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('setOutput', () => {
+	afterEach(() => {
+		delete process.env['GITHUB_OUTPUT'];
+		vi.clearAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	it('writes to GITHUB_OUTPUT file when env var is set', () => {
+		process.env['GITHUB_OUTPUT'] = '/tmp/output';
+		setOutput('channel', 'stable');
+		expect(mockAppendFileSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/tmp/output', 'channel=stable\n');
+	});
+
+	it('logs to console when GITHUB_OUTPUT is not set', () => {
+		const consoleSpy = vi.spyOn(console, 'log').mockImplementation(() => {});
+		setOutput('channel', 'beta');
+		expect(consoleSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('OUTPUT channel=beta');
+		consoleSpy.mockRestore();
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── validateFormat ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('validateFormat', () => {
+	it.each([
+		['4.1.0'],
+		['5.20.15'],
+		['4.1.0-beta1'],
+		['5.20.0-beta3'],
+		['10.0.0-beta10'],
+	])('accepts valid version %s', (version) => {
+		expect(() => { validateFormat(version); }).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
+	it.each([
+		['v4.1.0'],
+		['4.1'],
+		['4.1.0-rc1'],
+		['4.1.0-beta.1'],
+		['4.1.0-beta 1'],
+		['not-a-version'],
+		[''],
+	])('rejects invalid version %s', (version) => {
+		expect(() => { validateFormat(version); }).toThrow('not in the correct format');
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── checkTagDoesNotExist ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('checkTagDoesNotExist', () => {
+	beforeEach(() => {
+		vi.clearAllMocks();
+	});
+
+	it('does not throw when ls-remote returns empty (tag absent)', () => {
+		mockExecSync.mockReturnValue('' as never);
+		expect(() => checkTagDoesNotExist('3.11.0')).not.toThrow();
+	});
+
+	it('throws when ls-remote returns a line (tag exists)', () => {
+		mockExecSync.mockReturnValue(
+			'abc123\trefs/tags/3.11.0\n' as never,
+		);
+		expect(() => checkTagDoesNotExist('3.11.0')).toThrow('already exists');
+	});
+
+	it('throws when execSync itself fails', () => {
+		mockExecSync.mockImplementation(() => {
+			throw new Error('git: not found');
+		});
+		expect(() => checkTagDoesNotExist('3.11.0')).toThrow('Failed to check remote tags');
+	});
+
+	it('queries the exact ref for the given version', () => {
+		mockExecSync.mockReturnValue('' as never);
+		checkTagDoesNotExist('4.1.0-beta1');
+		expect(mockExecSync).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
+			expect.stringContaining('refs/tags/4.1.0-beta1'),
+			expect.any(Object),
+		);
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── extractChannel ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('extractChannel', () => {
+	it('returns "stable" for a plain release version', () => {
+		expect(extractChannel('4.1.0')).toBe('stable');
+	});
+
+	it('returns "beta" for a beta pre-release', () => {
+		expect(extractChannel('4.1.0-beta1')).toBe('beta');
+	});
+
+	it('returns "beta" for a higher beta number', () => {
+		expect(extractChannel('5.20.0-beta3')).toBe('beta');
+	});
+
+	it('throws for an unrecognised pre-release identifier', () => {
+		expect(() => extractChannel('4.1.0-rc1')).toThrow('Could not determine channel');
+	});
+});
+
+// ─── deriveBranch ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
+
+describe('deriveBranch', () => {
+	it.each([
+		['4.1.0', '4.01'],
+		['5.20.15', '5.20'],
+		['10.0.0', '10.00'],
+		['4.1.0-beta1', '4.01'],
+	])('derives branch %s → %s', (version, expected) => {
+		expect(deriveBranch(version)).toBe(expected);
+	});
+});