prerelease

name	prerelease
description	Build ah and create a GitHub prerelease with the binary and checksums.

prerelease

Trigger the release.yml GitHub Actions workflow, watch it, and verify the release was created.

Steps

1. Trigger the workflow

Default is prerelease. If the user asks for a full release, pass -f release=true.

gh workflow run release.yml --ref main
# full release:
gh workflow run release.yml --ref main -f release=true

2. Find the run

Wait a few seconds, then locate the in-progress run:

sleep 5
gh run list --workflow release.yml -L 3

Capture the run ID of the most recent run.

3. Watch the run

gh run watch shows no incremental output during long steps. Use a polling loop that tails the last 20 lines of log every 10 seconds instead:

# poll for incremental output while the run is in progress
while gh run view <run-id> --json status -q .status | grep -qE "in_progress|queued|waiting"; do
  gh run view <run-id> --log 2>/dev/null | tail -20
  sleep 10
done
# check final conclusion
conclusion=$(gh run view <run-id> --json conclusion -q .conclusion)
echo "Run concluded: $conclusion"
[ "$conclusion" = "success" ] || exit 1

4. Handle failure

If the run fails, inspect logs:

gh run view <run-id> --log-failed

Report the error and stop.

5. Verify the release

gh release list --limit 1
gh release view <tag>

Output

Print a summary:

## Prerelease: <tag>

- run: <run-id>
- tag: <tag>
- artifacts: ah, ah-debug, SHA256SUMS
- url: <release-url>

Rules

• default to prerelease unless the user explicitly says "full release"
• always watch the run to completion — do not fire and forget
• if the workflow fails, show the failed logs and stop