| name | release-miniexcel |
| description | Prepare and publish a MiniExcel Rust release. Use when asked to release, bump the Rust version, create an N.N.0 tag, generate Git diff release notes with GitHub contributors, publish GUI or CLI downloads, or publish miniexcel to crates.io. |
| argument-hint | Optional target version, for example 0.5.0 |
| user-invocable | true |
Release MiniExcel Rust
Use this workflow for repository releases. The skill prepares and verifies the release; the tag-triggered GitHub Actions workflow performs the irreversible GitHub and crates.io publication.
Release Contract
- Derive the next version from the highest remote semantic-version tag by incrementing the minor component and setting the patch component to zero:
N.N.0.
- Treat remote tags as authoritative. Fetch tags before calculating the version.
- Keep
Cargo.toml, Cargo.lock, web-demo/package.json, and web-demo/package-lock.json on the same version.
- Generate notes from the complete previous-tag-to-release-tag Git diff and attribute each commit to its GitHub account.
- Publish a static Browser Lab ZIP, a Windows x64 CLI ZIP, and
SHA256SUMS.txt.
- Publish the
miniexcel crate through crates.io Trusted Publishing.
- Never move or overwrite an existing release tag and never attempt to republish an immutable crate version.
One-Time Setup
Before the first automated crates.io release, configure the miniexcel crate under Settings > Trusted Publishing:
- Platform: GitHub
- Repository owner:
mini-software
- Repository name:
MiniExcel-Rust
- Workflow filename:
release.yml
- Environment:
release
Create the matching GitHub release environment and add appropriate protection rules. No long-lived crates.io token is required.
Procedure
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Read AGENTS.md and inspect git status. Preserve unrelated worktree changes. If the tree is dirty, use an isolated worktree or stop before changing overlapping files.
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Fetch remote tags and determine the highest stable vN.N.0 tag. Confirm the corresponding GitHub release and crates.io version.
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Calculate the requested target. Unless the user explicitly supplies a valid higher version, increment the previous minor version and set patch to zero.
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Inspect git diff <previous-tag>..HEAD, commit subjects, and GitHub commit authors. Summarize behavior from the actual diff rather than commit subjects alone.
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Update all four version metadata files listed in the release contract. Do not edit unrelated files.
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Run the focused check first:
cargo run -p miniexcel-cli --locked -- --version
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Run the applicable repository validation:
cargo fmt --all -- --check
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --all-features --locked -- -D warnings
cargo test --workspace --all-targets --all-features --locked
cargo doc --workspace --no-deps --all-features --locked
npm --prefix web-demo ci
npm --prefix web-demo run build
npm --prefix web-demo run test:e2e
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Commit only the release metadata with Release MiniExcel Rust vN.N.0, push main, and wait for the commit's Rust and Pages workflows to succeed.
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Create an annotated vN.N.0 tag at that exact commit and push only that tag. Do not run cargo publish or gh release create manually; .github/workflows/release.yml owns publication.
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Monitor the Release workflow. It validates the tag/version contract, builds both downloads, publishes crates.io, generates diff-based notes through scripts/new-release-notes.ps1, and creates the GitHub release.
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Verify all remote outputs:
gh release view vN.N.0 -R mini-software/MiniExcel-Rust
gh release download vN.N.0 -R mini-software/MiniExcel-Rust
cargo search miniexcel --limit 1
- Confirm the remote tag target, release asset digests, downloaded checksums, crates.io version, publisher account, and clean branch state.
Failure Handling
- If validation fails, fix the release commit before creating a tag.
- If Trusted Publishing is not configured, configure the exact repository,
release.yml workflow, and release environment on crates.io, then rerun the failed workflow.
- If crates.io publication succeeds but GitHub release creation fails, rerun the same workflow. It detects the existing crate, verifies existing asset digests, and uploads only missing assets.
- If a tag or crate version already exists at a different commit, stop and report the conflict. Do not delete, force-push, yank, or replace it without explicit approval.
Supporting Files
