[build] Various build workflow improvements

- Wait for build before publishing to PyPI
- Do not run `meta_files` job if release is cancelled
- Customizable channel in release workflow
- Display badges above changelog

Authored by: bashonly, Grub4K

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
       channel:
-        description: Update channel (stable/nightly)
+        description: Update channel (stable/nightly/...)
         required: true
         default: stable
         type: string
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ jobs:
             dist/yt-dlp_x86.exe
 
   meta_files:
-    if: inputs.meta_files && always()
+    if: inputs.meta_files && always() && !cancelled()
     needs:
       - unix
       - linux_arm

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@ name: Publish
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      nightly:
-        default: false
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
+      channel:
+        default: stable
+        required: true
+        type: string
       version:
         required: true
         type: string
       target_commitish:
         required: true
         type: string
+      prerelease:
+        default: false
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
     secrets:
       ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN:
         required: false
@@ -34,6 +38,19 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate release notes
         run: |
+          printf '%s' \
+            '[![Installation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Which%20file%20should%20I%20download%3F-white.svg?style=for-the-badge)]' \
+              '(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#installation "Installation instructions") ' \
+            '[![Documentation](https://img.shields.io/badge/-Docs-brightgreen.svg?style=for-the-badge&logo=GitBook&labelColor=555555)]' \
+              '(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/tree/2023.03.04#readme "Documentation") ' \
+            '[![Donate](https://img.shields.io/badge/_-Donate-red.svg?logo=githubsponsors&labelColor=555555&style=for-the-badge)]' \
+              '(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/blob/master/Collaborators.md#collaborators "Donate") ' \
+            '[![Discord](https://img.shields.io/discord/807245652072857610?color=blue&labelColor=555555&label=&logo=discord&style=for-the-badge)]' \
+              '(https://discord.gg/H5MNcFW63r "Discord") ' \
+            ${{ inputs.channel != 'nightly' && '"[![Nightly](https://img.shields.io/badge/Get%20nightly%20builds-purple.svg?style=for-the-badge)]" \
+              "(https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp-nightly-builds/releases/latest \"Nightly builds\")"' || '' }} \
+            > ./RELEASE_NOTES
+          printf '\n\n' >> ./RELEASE_NOTES
           cat >> ./RELEASE_NOTES << EOF
           #### A description of the various files are in the [README](https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp#release-files)
           ---
@@ -41,9 +58,9 @@ jobs:
           $(python ./devscripts/make_changelog.py -vv)
           </details>
           EOF
-          echo "**This is an automated nightly pre-release build**" >> ./PRERELEASE_NOTES
-          cat ./RELEASE_NOTES >> ./PRERELEASE_NOTES
-          echo "Generated from: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ inputs.target_commitish }}" >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES
+          printf '%s\n\n' '**This is an automated nightly pre-release build**' >> ./NIGHTLY_NOTES
+          cat ./RELEASE_NOTES >> ./NIGHTLY_NOTES
+          printf '%s\n\n' 'Generated from: https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/commit/${{ inputs.target_commitish }}' >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES
           cat ./RELEASE_NOTES >> ./ARCHIVE_NOTES
 
       - name: Archive nightly release
@@ -51,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.ARCHIVE_REPO_TOKEN }}
           GH_REPO: ${{ vars.ARCHIVE_REPO }}
         if: |
-          inputs.nightly && env.GH_TOKEN != '' && env.GH_REPO != ''
+          inputs.channel == 'nightly' && env.GH_TOKEN != '' && env.GH_REPO != ''
         run: |
           gh release create \
             --notes-file ARCHIVE_NOTES \
@@ -60,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
             artifact/*
 
       - name: Prune old nightly release
-        if: inputs.nightly && !vars.ARCHIVE_REPO
+        if: inputs.channel == 'nightly' && !vars.ARCHIVE_REPO
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         run: |
@@ -68,14 +85,15 @@ jobs:
           git tag --delete "nightly" || true
           sleep 5  # Enough time to cover deletion race condition
 
-      - name: Publish release${{ inputs.nightly && ' (nightly)' || '' }}
+      - name: Publish release${{ inputs.channel == 'nightly' && ' (nightly)' || '' }}
         env:
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        if: (inputs.nightly && !vars.ARCHIVE_REPO) || !inputs.nightly
+        if: (inputs.channel == 'nightly' && !vars.ARCHIVE_REPO) || inputs.channel != 'nightly'
         run: |
           gh release create \
-            --notes-file ${{ inputs.nightly && 'PRE' || '' }}RELEASE_NOTES \
+            --notes-file ${{ inputs.channel == 'nightly' && 'NIGHTLY_NOTES' || 'RELEASE_NOTES' }} \
             --target ${{ inputs.target_commitish }} \
-            --title "yt-dlp ${{ inputs.nightly && 'nightly ' || '' }}${{ inputs.version }}" \
-            ${{ inputs.nightly && '--prerelease "nightly"' || inputs.version }} \
+            --title "yt-dlp ${{ inputs.channel == 'nightly' && 'nightly ' || '' }}${{ inputs.version }}" \
+            ${{ inputs.prerelease && '--prerelease' || '' }} \
+            ${{ inputs.channel == 'nightly' && '"nightly"' || inputs.version }} \
             artifact/*

.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml

@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     with:
-      nightly: true
+      channel: nightly
+      prerelease: true
       version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
       target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 name: Release
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Version tag (YYYY.MM.DD[.REV])
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      channel:
+        description: Update channel (stable/nightly/...)
+        required: false
+        default: ''
+        type: string
+      prerelease:
+        description: Pre-release
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
 permissions:
   contents: read
 
@@ -9,8 +26,9 @@ jobs:
       contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
+      channel: ${{ steps.set_channel.outputs.channel }}
       version: ${{ steps.update_version.outputs.version }}
-      head_sha: ${{ steps.push_release.outputs.head_sha }}
+      head_sha: ${{ steps.get_target.outputs.head_sha }}
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -21,10 +39,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
+      - name: Set channel
+        id: set_channel
+        run: |
+          CHANNEL="${{ github.repository == 'yt-dlp/yt-dlp' && 'stable' || github.repository }}"
+          echo "channel=${{ inputs.channel || '$CHANNEL' }}" > "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Update version
         id: update_version
         run: |
-          python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT == '' && '"$(date -u +"%H%M%S")"' || '' }} | \
+          REVISION="${{ vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT == '' && '$(date -u +"%H%M%S")' || '' }}"
+          REVISION="${{ inputs.prerelease && '$(date -u +"%H%M%S")' || '$REVISION' }}"
+          python devscripts/update-version.py ${{ inputs.version || '$REVISION' }} | \
             grep -Po "version=\d+\.\d+\.\d+(\.\d+)?" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Update documentation
@@ -39,6 +65,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Push to release
         id: push_release
+        if: ${{ !inputs.prerelease }}
         run: |
           git config --global user.name github-actions
           git config --global user.email github-actions@example.com
@@ -46,14 +73,30 @@ jobs:
           git commit -m "Release ${{ steps.update_version.outputs.version }}" \
             -m "Created by: ${{ github.event.sender.login }}" -m ":ci skip all :ci run dl"
           git push origin --force ${{ github.event.ref }}:release
+
+      - name: Get target commitish
+        id: get_target
+        run: |
           echo "head_sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Update master
-        if: vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT != ''
+        if: vars.PUSH_VERSION_COMMIT != '' && !inputs.prerelease
         run: git push origin ${{ github.event.ref }}
 
-  publish_pypi_homebrew:
+  build:
     needs: prepare
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+      channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write # For package cache
+    secrets:
+      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+
+  publish_pypi_homebrew:
+    needs: [prepare, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -77,7 +120,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        if: env.TWINE_PASSWORD != ''
+        if: env.TWINE_PASSWORD != '' && !inputs.prerelease
         run: |
           rm -rf dist/*
           make pypi-files
@@ -89,7 +132,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BREW_TOKEN }}
           PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        if: env.BREW_TOKEN != '' && env.PYPI_TOKEN != ''
+        if: env.BREW_TOKEN != '' && env.PYPI_TOKEN != '' && !inputs.prerelease
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           repository: yt-dlp/homebrew-taps
@@ -100,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           BREW_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BREW_TOKEN }}
           PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
-        if: env.BREW_TOKEN != '' && env.PYPI_TOKEN != ''
+        if: env.BREW_TOKEN != '' && env.PYPI_TOKEN != '' && !inputs.prerelease
         run: |
           python devscripts/update-formulae.py taps/Formula/yt-dlp.rb "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
           git -C taps/ config user.name github-actions
@@ -108,22 +151,13 @@ jobs:
           git -C taps/ commit -am 'yt-dlp: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}'
           git -C taps/ push
 
-  build:
-    needs: prepare
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
-    with:
-      version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write # For package cache
-    secrets:
-      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
-
   publish:
     needs: [prepare, build]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
     permissions:
       contents: write
     with:
+      channel: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.channel }}
+      prerelease: ${{ inputs.prerelease }}
       version: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
       target_commitish: ${{ needs.prepare.outputs.head_sha }}

devscripts/update-version.py

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ def get_git_head():
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='Update the version.py file')
     parser.add_argument(
-        '-c', '--channel', choices=['stable', 'nightly'], default='stable',
+        '-c', '--channel', default='stable',
         help='Select update channel (default: %(default)s)')
     parser.add_argument(
         '-o', '--output', default='yt_dlp/version.py',