fix: release-please release creation (#2683)

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -201,14 +201,6 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         continue-on-error: true # empty steps.tag.outputs.tag will inform the next step
 
-      # This step will only handle the creation of the release draft, the "Build binaries with electron-builder" step
-      # will attach binaries to that release draft
-      - name: Run release-please github-release # see https://github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action/issues/841
-        if: contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
-        run: npm run release-gh
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
       - name: Build binaries with electron-builder
         uses: paneron/action-electron-builder@14b133702d1b2e9749912051c43ed62b4afe56c8 # v1.8.1
         with:
@@ -252,7 +244,8 @@ jobs:
         run: du -sh ${{ github.workspace }}/.cache/ && ls -l ${{ github.workspace }}/.cache/
 
   # This Job will handle the creation of the "release-please" PR
-  create-release-please-pr:
+  release-please-pr:
+    name: "Create release-please PR or GitHub Release"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [test, build]
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch')
@@ -268,7 +261,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm ci --prefer-offline --no-audit --progress=false --cache ${{ github.workspace }}/.cache/npm
 
+      # This step creates a release-please PR if there are any commits that haven't been released yet.
       - name: Run release-please release-pr # see https://github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action/issues/841
+        id: release-please-release-pr
         run: npm run release-pr
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        continue-on-error: true # release-please release-pr will fail when a release-please PR was merged and the tag doesn't exist.
+
+      # This step will only handle the creation of the release draft, the "Build binaries with electron-builder" step
+      # will attach binaries to that release draft
+      - name: Run release-please github-release # see https://github.com/google-github-actions/release-please-action/issues/841
+        # if npm run release-pr fails, then we want to run release-please github-release
+        if: steps.release-please-release-pr.outcome == 'failure'
+        run: npm run release-gh
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

package.json

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
     "build:webui:minimize": "shx rm -rf assets/webui/static/js/*.map && shx rm -rf assets/webui/static/css/*.map",
     "package": "shx rm -rf dist/ && run-s build && electron-builder --publish onTag",
     "release-pr": "release-please release-pr --token=$GITHUB_TOKEN --plugin '@ipfs-shipyard/release-please-ipfs-plugin' --repo-url=ipfs/ipfs-desktop --trace --debug --draft-pull-request",
-    "release-gh": "release-please github-release --token=$GITHUB_TOKEN --repo-url=ipfs/ipfs-desktop --trace --debug --draft"
+    "release-gh": "release-please github-release --token=$GITHUB_TOKEN --plugin '@ipfs-shipyard/release-please-ipfs-plugin' --repo-url=ipfs/ipfs-desktop --trace --debug --draft"
   },
   "pre-commit": [
     "lint"