Use commit reference, remove processing of tag

Assuming \d\.\d\d pattern, no validation yet

Author: m-aciek

.github/workflows/build.yaml

@@ -1,41 +1,24 @@
-run-name: build ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+run-name: build ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: 'Tag from CPython repository'
+      reference:
+        description: 'Commit reference from CPython repository'
         required: true
-        default: 'v3.14.0'
-      skip-tag-check:
-        description: 'Allow running build for non-latest patch tags (useful for testing)'
-        required: true
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
+        default: '3.14'
 permissions:
   contents: write
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Ensure input tag is latest patch for its major.minor
-        run: |
-          input_tag="${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}"
-          major_minor=$(echo "$input_tag" | grep -oE '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
-          latest_patch=$(git ls-remote --tags https://github.com/python/cpython.git | \
-            awk '{print $2}' | grep -E "refs/tags/${major_minor}\\.([0-9]+([abrc][0-9]+)?)$" | \
-            sed 's|refs/tags/||' | sed -E 's/([0-9]+)$/\1z0/' | sort -V | sed -E 's/z0$//' | tail -n1)
-          if [ "$input_tag" != "$latest_patch" ]; then
-            echo "Provided tag $input_tag is not the latest patch for $major_minor (latest: $latest_patch)." >&2
-            exit 1
-          fi
-        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.skip-tag-check == false }}
       - uses: actions/setup-python@master
         with:
           python-version: 3
       - uses: actions/checkout@master
         with:
           repository: python/cpython
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}
       - run: make venv
         working-directory: ./Doc
       - run: sudo apt-get update
@@ -60,98 +43,85 @@ jobs:
         id: build-pdf
         working-directory: ./Doc
         continue-on-error: true
-      - name: Strip leading v from tag
-        id: tag-no-v
-        run: |
-          echo "tag_no_v=${GITHUB_EVENT_INPUTS_TAG#v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        env:
-          GITHUB_EVENT_INPUTS_TAG: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-html.zip
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-html.zip
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.zip
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.zip
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-html.tar.bz2
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-html.tar.bz2
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.tar.bz2
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.tar.bz2
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-text.zip
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-text.zip
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.zip
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.zip
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-text.tar.bz2
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-text.tar.bz2
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.tar.bz2
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.tar.bz2
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-texinfo.zip
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-texinfo.zip
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.zip
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.zip
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}-docs.epub
-          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs.epub
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs.epub
+          path: ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs.epub
           if-no-files-found: ignore
       - name: Checkout gh-pages branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: gh-pages
           path: gh-pages
-      - name: Set major_minor variable
-        id: majorminor
-        run: |
-          input_tag="${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}"
-          major_minor=$(echo "$input_tag" | grep -oE '^[vV]([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)')
-          major_minor=${major_minor#v}
-          echo "major_minor=$major_minor" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - name: Copy generated archives to gh-pages
         run: |
           mkdir -p gh-pages/3
           # PDF
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip 2>/dev/null || true
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.zip 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-pdf-a4.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
           # HTML
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-html.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-html.zip 2>/dev/null || true
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-html.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-html.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.zip 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-html.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
           # Text
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-text.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-text.zip 2>/dev/null || true
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-text.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-text.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.zip 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-text.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
           # Texinfo
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-texinfo.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-texinfo.zip 2>/dev/null || true
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.zip gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.zip 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2 gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-texinfo.tar.bz2 2>/dev/null || true
           # EPUB
-          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ steps.tag-no-v.outputs.tag_no_v }}-docs.epub gh-pages/3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs.epub 2>/dev/null || true
+          cp ./Doc/dist/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs.epub gh-pages/3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs.epub 2>/dev/null || true
       - name: Commit generated archives
         id: commit
         run: |
           cd gh-pages
           git config user.name github-actions
           git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git add 3/python-${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}-docs-* || true
+          git add 3/python-${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}-docs-* || true
           if git diff --cached --quiet; then
             echo "No documentation archives to commit"
             echo "has_changes=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
-            git commit -m "Update documentation archives for ${{ steps.majorminor.outputs.major_minor }}"
+            git commit -m "Update documentation archives for ${{ github.event.inputs.reference }}"
             echo "has_changes=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           fi
       - name: Push commit