Auto-publish prerelease on every main push

Author: adrianpunkt

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
     tags:
       - "v*"
 
@@ -64,6 +66,21 @@ jobs:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Compute release metadata
+        id: meta
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if [[ "${GITHUB_REF_TYPE}" == "tag" ]]; then
+            tag_name="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+            prerelease="false"
+          else
+            tag_name="v0.0.${GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER}"
+            prerelease="true"
+          fi
+          echo "tag_name=${tag_name}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "prerelease=${prerelease}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
       - name: Download all build artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
@@ -72,5 +89,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tag_name }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.prerelease }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: release-assets/**/*.tar.gz

README.md

@@ -42,20 +42,27 @@ GitHub Actions builds binaries automatically on every push to `main`, tags (`v*`
 
 ## Releases (Public HTTP Downloads)
 
-Version tags automatically publish GitHub Release assets (stable URLs, no `gh` CLI required).
+Every push to `main` now publishes a GitHub **prerelease** with assets (stable URLs, no `gh` CLI required).
+Manual version tags (`v*`) publish normal releases.
 
-1. Create and push a tag:
+Automatic release tags use this format:
+
+```bash
+v0.0.<github_run_number>
+```
+
+Example prerelease page after a `main` push:
+- `https://github.com/apktdev/ticktick-cli/releases/tag/v0.0.123`
+
+If you want a manual versioned release:
 
 ```bash
 git tag v0.1.0
 git push origin v0.1.0
 ```
 
-2. GitHub Actions runs the **Release** workflow and publishes assets on:
-   - `https://github.com/apktdev/ticktick-cli/releases/tag/v0.1.0`
-
-3. Download directly via URL pattern:
-   - `https://github.com/apktdev/ticktick-cli/releases/download/v0.1.0/ticktick-linux-amd64.tar.gz`
+Download URL pattern:
+- `https://github.com/apktdev/ticktick-cli/releases/download/<tag>/ticktick-linux-amd64.tar.gz`
 
 ## OAuth setup