From 6da984775001ba0184c0f6cba73ff3558955778d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: timmy <timmy@stackchain.ai>
Date: Tue, 4 Aug 2026 14:32:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix: create releases through Gitea API

---
 .gitea/workflows/release.yml   | 49 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 tests/test_release_workflow.py | 24 +++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tests/test_release_workflow.py

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index b78a523..d4296ac 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,30 +6,35 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  tag-release:
+  release-candidate:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.event_name == 'push'
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with: { fetch-depth: 0 }
-      - name: Auto-tag
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          TAG="0.0.${{ github.run_number }}"
-          git tag "$TAG" || true
-          git push origin "$TAG" || true
-          echo "tag=$TAG" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
-  draft-rc:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: tag-release
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with: { fetch-depth: 0 }
-      - name: Draft release
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          TAG="${{ needs.tag-release.outputs.tag }}"
-          gh release create "$TAG" --draft --title "RC $TAG" --notes "Automated release candidate for $TAG." || true
+      - name: Create Gitea tag and release candidate
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          TAG="v0.1.0-rc.${{ github.run_number }}"
+          TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"
+          TAG_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/tags"
+          RELEASE_URL="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases"
+
+          printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target":"%s","message":"Automated release candidate %s"}\n' \
+            "$TAG" "$TARGET" "$TAG" > /tmp/tag.json
+          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$TAG_URL" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            --data-binary @/tmp/tag.json
+
+          printf '{"tag_name":"%s","target_commitish":"%s","name":"Release Candidate %s","body":"Automated release candidate for commit %s.","draft":false,"prerelease":true}\n' \
+            "$TAG" "$TARGET" "$TAG" "$TARGET" > /tmp/release.json
+          curl --fail-with-body -sS -X POST "$RELEASE_URL" \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            --data-binary @/tmp/release.json
diff --git a/tests/test_release_workflow.py b/tests/test_release_workflow.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccdc053
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_release_workflow.py
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+WORKFLOW = Path(".gitea/workflows/release.yml")
+
+
+def test_release_workflow_uses_gitea_api_not_github_cli():
+    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
+    assert "gh release" not in text
+    assert "/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/tags" in text
+    assert "/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases" in text
+
+
+def test_release_workflow_targets_merge_commit_and_marks_rc():
+    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
+    assert 'TARGET="${{ github.sha }}"' in text
+    assert '"prerelease":true' in text
+    assert '"draft":false' in text
+
+
+def test_release_workflow_fails_on_api_error():
+    text = WORKFLOW.read_text()
+    assert "curl --fail-with-body" in text
+    assert "|| true" not in text