Fix release workflow triggering for automated tags

Add workflow_dispatch trigger to release.yml to work around GitHub's limitation where GITHUB_TOKEN doesn't trigger workflows on tag push. The manage-release-tags workflow now explicitly triggers the release workflow after creating tags using gh workflow run.

Author: creydr

.github/workflows/manage-release-tags.yml

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ on:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
+  actions: write
 
 jobs:
   create-tags:
@@ -27,6 +28,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Handle initial release tag
         if: github.event_name == 'create' && github.event.ref_type == 'branch'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           BRANCH_NAME="${{ github.event.ref }}"
 
@@ -50,8 +53,13 @@ jobs:
           git tag "$TAG"
           git push origin "$TAG"
 
+          echo "Triggering release workflow for $TAG"
+          gh workflow run release.yml -f tag="$TAG"
+
       - name: Handle patch release tags
         if: github.event_name == 'schedule' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           # Find all release branches
           RELEASE_BRANCHES=$(git branch -r | grep -E 'origin/release-[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$' | sed 's|origin/||' | sed 's/^[[:space:]]*//')
@@ -114,4 +122,8 @@ jobs:
             git push origin "$NEW_TAG"
 
             echo "Successfully created and pushed tag $NEW_TAG"
+
+            # Trigger release workflow
+            echo "Triggering release workflow for $NEW_TAG"
+            gh workflow run release.yml -f tag="$NEW_TAG"
           done

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 name: Release Build and Publish
 
+# This workflow is triggered in two ways:
+# 1. Automatically when a semver tag is pushed (e.g., git push origin v1.0.0)
+# 2. Via workflow_dispatch from manage-release-tags.yml
+#    (needed because tags created with GITHUB_TOKEN don't trigger on.push.tags events)
 on:
   push:
     tags:
       - 'v*.*.*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: 'Tag to release (e.g., v1.0.0)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
@@ -22,6 +32,8 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
+          # Use tag from workflow_dispatch input, otherwise use the git ref from tag push
+          ref: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref }}
 
       - name: Free up disk space
         run: |
@@ -47,7 +59,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Parse version from tag
         id: version
         run: |
-          TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+          # Handle both trigger types: workflow_dispatch (from manage-release-tags) and tag push
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.tag }}" ]; then
+            TAG="${{ inputs.tag }}"
+            TAG=${TAG#v}
+          else
+            TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+          fi
           echo "full=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
           MAJOR=$(echo $TAG | cut -d. -f1)