commit c82048ab25093eae04341740a73b33b8123bc13d
from: ale <ale_bnes@tuta.com>
date: Fri Jul 24 00:48:09 2026 UTC

Take the release tag as a workflow_dispatch input

Selecting 'Use workflow from: Tag v0.1.0' failed with 'Workflow does
not exist or does not have a workflow_dispatch trigger in this tag' --
that tag's own snapshot of the workflow predates the trigger being
added, so GitHub can't see it there.

Instead, run manually from the main branch (which always has the
current trigger definition) and pass the target tag as an input;
checkout uses that tag explicitly so the build still reflects the
tagged code, and the release step tags the release with it. Falls
back to github.ref_name for real 'push: tags' events, where inputs.tag
is unset.

commit - 2d09ada8eb7ccdaaeaceb0cd6e2053ffedbf301e
commit + c82048ab25093eae04341740a73b33b8123bc13d
blob - e14b2569b0d07deb4414e6613968aa130b7a8dc9
blob + 9b9c7b6d6bc3179c52bf9945412d1e1976b4f08a
--- .github/workflows/release.yml
+++ .github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ on:
     tags:
       - "v*"
   # Manual fallback: mirrored pushes (e.g. Forgejo -> GitHub) don't always
-  # emit the `push` event Actions listens for. Run this against the tag you
-  # want to release from the "Run workflow" dropdown.
+  # emit the `push` event Actions listens for. Always run this from the
+  # "main" branch (so this trigger definition is present) and provide the
+  # tag to release as an input; it does not need to pre-date the tag itself.
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "Tag to release (e.g. v0.1.0)"
+        required: true
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -18,9 +23,12 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
+      RELEASE_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
 
       - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
@@ -40,10 +48,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create GitHub release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          # softprops/action-gh-release only infers the tag automatically on
-          # a real `push` tag event; workflow_dispatch runs need it explicit.
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
-          name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
+          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: build/distributions/*.zip