<fix> Created separate status check file and streamlined release process

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -12,25 +12,10 @@ name: Build Multi-Platform Binaries
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      branch:
-        description: "Branch to build from"
-        required: false
-        default: "main"
-        type: string
       jobs:
         description: "Comma-separated jobs to run (e.g., build-windows,build-debian,build-arch,build-rhel)"
         required: true
         default: "build-windows,build-debian,build-arch,build-rhel"
-      DO_RELEASE:
-        description: "Set to 'true' to create a GitHub release after successful builds"
-        required: false
-        default: "false"
-      UPLOAD_S3:
-        description: "Set to 'true' to upload build artifacts to S3 after builds"
-        required: false
-        default: "false"
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ main, develop ]
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -43,20 +28,64 @@ env:
   CI_CD: true
 
 jobs:
+  merge-develop-to-main:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Fast-forward main to develop
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          git fetch origin main develop
+
+          # Verify develop is ahead of main
+          MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base origin/main origin/develop)
+          MAIN_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/main)
+
+          if [ "$MERGE_BASE" != "$MAIN_SHA" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Main branch has commits not in develop. Cannot fast-forward."
+            echo "::error::Please merge or rebase main into develop first."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          # Ensure develop is actually ahead
+          DEVELOP_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/develop)
+          if [ "$MAIN_SHA" = "$DEVELOP_SHA" ]; then
+            echo "Main is already up to date with develop. Nothing to merge."
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+          # Fast-forward merge develop into main
+          git checkout main
+          git merge origin/develop --ff-only
+
+          echo "Successfully fast-forwarded main to develop"
+          git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline
+
+          git push origin main
+
   run-unit-tests-linux:
+    needs: [merge-develop-to-main]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Display build information
         run: |
           echo "Event: ${{ github.event_name }}"
-          echo "Branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}"
           echo "Jobs to run: ${{ github.event.inputs.jobs || 'build-windows,build-debian,build-arch,build-rhel' }}"
-          echo "Create release: ${{ github.event.inputs.DO_RELEASE || 'false' }}"
-          echo "Upload to S3: ${{ github.event.inputs.UPLOAD_S3 || 'false' }}"
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -75,11 +104,12 @@ jobs:
           poetry run pytest tests/ -v
   
   run-unit-tests-windows:
+    needs: [merge-develop-to-main]
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -109,13 +139,13 @@ jobs:
           poetry run pytest tests/ -v
   build-windows:
     needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-windows') }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-windows') }}
     runs-on: windows-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -155,7 +185,7 @@ jobs:
        
   build-debian:
     needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-debian') }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-debian') }}
     env:
       DISTRO_TYPE: debian
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -176,7 +206,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -242,7 +272,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-arch:
     needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-arch') }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-arch') }}
     env:
       DISTRO_TYPE: arch
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -263,7 +293,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Set up Python 3.12
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -322,7 +352,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build-rhel:
     needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-rhel') }}
+    if: ${{ contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'build-rhel') }}
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: read
@@ -335,7 +365,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Build RHEL package
         run: |
@@ -376,52 +406,14 @@ jobs:
 
     
   do-release:
-    needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows, build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rhel]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.DO_RELEASE == 'true' && needs.build-windows.result == 'success' && needs.build-debian.result == 'success' && needs.build-arch.result == 'success' && needs.build-rhel.result == 'success' }}
+    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rhel]
+    if: ${{ needs.build-windows.result == 'success' && needs.build-debian.result == 'success' && needs.build-arch.result == 'success' && needs.build-rhel.result == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Configure git
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Fast-forward main to develop
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          git fetch origin main develop
-
-          # Verify develop is ahead of main
-          MERGE_BASE=$(git merge-base origin/main origin/develop)
-          MAIN_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/main)
-
-          if [ "$MERGE_BASE" != "$MAIN_SHA" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Main branch has commits not in develop. Cannot fast-forward."
-            echo "::error::Please merge or rebase main into develop first."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          # Ensure develop is actually ahead
-          DEVELOP_SHA=$(git rev-parse origin/develop)
-          if [ "$MAIN_SHA" = "$DEVELOP_SHA" ]; then
-            echo "Main is already up to date with develop. Nothing to merge."
-            exit 0
-          fi
-
-          # Fast-forward merge develop into main
-          git checkout main
-          git merge origin/develop --ff-only
-
-          echo "Successfully fast-forwarded main to develop"
-          git log origin/main..HEAD --oneline
-
-          git push origin main
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Install Poetry
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
@@ -456,14 +448,14 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   upload-s3:
-    needs: [run-unit-tests-linux, run-unit-tests-windows, build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rhel]
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && (github.event.inputs.UPLOAD_S3 == 'true' || contains(github.event.inputs.jobs, 'upload-s3')) }}
+    needs: [build-windows, build-debian, build-arch, build-rhel]
+    if: ${{ needs.build-windows.result == 'success' && needs.build-debian.result == 'success' && needs.build-arch.result == 'success' && needs.build-rhel.result == 'success' }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.head_ref || github.ref }}
+          ref: main
 
       - name: Install AWS CLI
         run: |
@@ -498,5 +490,5 @@ jobs:
     if: always() && needs.do-release.result == 'success'
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sync-wiki.yml
     with:
-      branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch || github.ref }}
+      branch: main
     secrets: inherit