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From: Thor Whalen <1906276+thorwhalen@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2026 18:47:31 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] ci(release): drop the head_commit.message guard that broke
 workflow parsing
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GitHub Actions rejected the workflow file at L36 ("Invalid workflow file") because
the if-expression `github.event.head_commit.message != 'chore(release): bump
versions'` confused the YAML parser — the single-quoted string contains a colon
that ran afoul of GH Actions' expression parsing.

The guard wasn't load-bearing anyway: changesets/action is idempotent. With no
pending changesets and versions matching the registries, the workflow no-ops in
a couple seconds. Removing the guard lets release.yml load.
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 8 +++++---
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 8c701f0..083d54e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # Avoid running on the merge commit that the changesets action itself
-    # creates (it would be a noisy no-op).
-    if: github.event.head_commit.message != 'chore(release): bump versions'
+    # Note: we deliberately do not gate on commit-message content. The
+    # workflow is idempotent — if there are no pending changesets and
+    # versions match the registries, it no-ops in a few seconds. Earlier
+    # versions of this file had `if: github.event.head_commit.message
+    # != ...` which the GitHub Actions parser rejected at workflow init.
     outputs:
       published: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.published }}
       published-packages: ${{ steps.changesets.outputs.publishedPackages }}