From 6fe955890ffad9df5579d4084811a03ffd663d2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thoroc <thomas.a.roche@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 22:51:35 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: use release_created (singular) output for
 release-please v4

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 2c2abfd..700628a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      releases_created: ${{ steps.publish_release.outputs.releases_created }}
+      release_created: ${{ steps.publish_release.outputs.release_created }}
       tag_name: ${{ steps.publish_release.outputs.tag_name }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
 
   build_and_upload:
     needs: release
-    if: needs.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true'
+    if: needs.release.outputs.release_created == 'true'
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:

From 979ee16bffa9252e7ceb42b8a4e004624fe912d2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thoroc <thomas.a.roche@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 22:54:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] ci: only run on code and dependency changes

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 53a0827..a8a1009 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
     branches: [ main ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
+    paths:
+      - 'src/**'
+      - 'Cargo.toml'
+      - 'Cargo.lock'
+      - 'tests/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/ci.yml'
 
 permissions:
   contents: read

From 5ee1de5ddc70de7e476ded31c9f526b404ca1ac5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thoroc <thomas.a.roche@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2026 23:07:16 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] fix: create release after building assets

---
 .github/workflows/release-please.yml | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 700628a..1f200fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -22,13 +22,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Create or update Release PR and GitHub Release (release-please)
+      - name: Create or update Release PR (release-please)
         id: publish_release
         uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
         with:
           release-type: rust
           package-name: git-mirror
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          skip-github-release: true
 
   build_and_upload:
     needs: release
@@ -132,10 +133,32 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "GitHub CLI will use GH_TOKEN environment variable for authentication"
 
-      - name: Upload release artifacts
+      - name: Upload artifacts to workflow
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.archive_name }}
+          path: |
+            ${{ matrix.archive_name }}
+            ${{ matrix.archive_name }}.sha256
+
+  create_release:
+    needs: [release, build_and_upload]
+    if: needs.release.outputs.release_created == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./artifacts
+          merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Create release and upload assets
         env:
           TAG: ${{ needs.release.outputs.tag_name }}
           GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          gh release upload "${{ env.TAG }}" ${{ matrix.archive_name }} ${{ matrix.archive_name }}.sha256
-        shell: bash
+          cd ./artifacts
+          gh release create "${{ env.TAG }}" \
+            --title "Release ${{ env.TAG }}" \
+            --generate-notes \
+            *.tar.gz *.zip *.sha256