[CI] Forgejo Actions based release process

Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/website/pulls/230 (cherry picked from commit 87d56bf6c7) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) base64 -w0 to avoid wrapping when the doer name is long as it creates a broken config.json (cherry picked from commit 9efdc27e49) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) generate .xz files and sources Generate .xz files Check .sha256 Generate the source tarbal (cherry picked from commit 7afec520c4) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) release notes (cherry picked from commit d8f4f4807b) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) publish and sign release (cherry picked from commit a52778c747) (cherry picked from commit cf2ec62740) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) version use Actions environment variables in Makefile (#25319) (#25318) uses Actions variable to determine the version. But Forgejo builds happen in a container where they are not available. Do not use them. Also verify the version of the binary is as expected for sanity check. (cherry picked from commit 6decf111a1) (cherry picked from commit 206d0b3886) [CI] read STORED_VERSION_FILE if available (cherry picked from commit af74085ebf) [CI] backward compatible executable compilation Add a new static-executable target to use in Dockerfiles and restore the $(EXECUTABLE) target to what it was before to for backward compatibility. The release process now builds static executables instead of dynamically linked ones which makes them more portable. It changes the requirements at compile time and is not backward compatible. In particular it may break packaging that rely on the target that currently creates a dynamically linked executable. (cherry picked from commit 84d02a174a) (cherry picked from commit 854be47328) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) doc / ca / verbosity - Document workflow - Increase verbosity if VERBOSE=true - Download the Certificate Authority if behind the VPN (cherry picked from commit 168d5d5869) (cherry picked from commit 8756c9a72a) (cherry picked from commit 2dad7ef20f) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) add assets sources-tarbal Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1115 (cherry picked from commit 5531d01f19) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) add assets sources-tarbal bindata.go is a file, not a directory Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1115 (cherry picked from commit bd88a44778) (cherry picked from commit b408085138) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) public/assets moved (cherry picked from commit d8c921d5a6) (cherry picked from commit f29e50b1a09b1a22fc2dbdb77e9a1def1196175b) [CI] Fix release notes link - Use substitution to replace all dots with dashes. - Resolves https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1163 (cherry picked from commit 96783728f53a072915cace392aa269adfe9a5c73) (cherry picked from commit c8d8bf8996) [CI] pin go v1.20 for testing Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1228 (cherry picked from commit fd4b5a013e) (cherry picked from commit 00bb15f57f) Conflicts: Dockerfile Dockerfile.rootless see https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/pulls/1303 (cherry picked from commit 6e2be54a6d) (cherry picked from commit 346c418b4a) (cherry picked from commit 49061f8422) (cherry picked from commit 8229d59b7e) (cherry picked from commit 70d45d9193) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) need node 18 (cherry picked from commit 722b1f4590) (cherry picked from commit a91d786169) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) fix indentation (cherry picked from commit fbdf9d6abb) (cherry picked from commit 2deff90a13) (cherry picked from commit 9974dc031d) (cherry picked from commit 702aecc50d) [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) FQIN for docker Refs: https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/issues/1600 [CI] Forgejo Actions based release process (squash) use forgejo-curl.sh (cherry picked from commit 9e3de8e985)
2023-06-14 13:32:20 +02:00 · 2023-06-14 13:32:20 +02:00 · 07b442f9b7
parent 4db9d5e4f9
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--- a/.forgejo/actions/build-release/action.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/actions/build-release/action.yml
@ -0,0 +1,154 @@
+name: 'Build release'
+author: 'Forgejo authors'
+description: |
+  Build release
+
+inputs:
+  forgejo:
+    description: 'URL of the Forgejo instance where the release is uploaded'
+    required: true
+  owner:
+    description: 'User or organization where the release is uploaded, relative to the Forgejo instance'
+    required: true
+  repository:
+    description: 'Repository where the release is uploaded, relative to the owner'
+    required: true
+  doer:
+    description: 'Name of the user authoring the release'
+    required: true
+  tag-version:
+    description: 'Version of the release derived from the tag withint the leading v'
+    required: true
+  suffix:
+    description: 'Suffix to add to the image tag'
+  token:
+    description: 'token'
+    required: true
+  dockerfile:
+    description: 'path to the dockerfile'
+    default: 'Dockerfile'
+  platforms:
+    description: 'Coma separated list of platforms'
+    default: 'linux/amd64,linux/arm64'
+  release-notes:
+    description: 'Full text of the release notes'
+    default: 'Release notes placeholder'
+  binary-name:
+    description: 'Name of the binary'
+  binary-path:
+    description: 'Path of the binary within the container to extract into binary-name'
+  verbose:
+    description: 'Increase the verbosity level'
+    default: 'false'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - run: echo "${{ github.action_path }}" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        apt-get install -y -qq xz-utils
+
+    - name: set -x if verbose is required
+      id: verbose
+      run: |
+        if ${{ inputs.verbose }} ; then
+          echo "shell=set -x" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        fi
+
+    - name: Create the insecure and buildx-config variables for the container registry
+      id: registry
+      run: |
+        ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.shell }}
+        url="${{ inputs.forgejo }}"
+        hostport=${url##http*://}
+        hostport=${hostport%%/}
+        echo "host-port=${hostport}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+        if ! [[ $url =~ ^http:// ]] ; then
+           exit 0
+        fi
+        cat >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" <<EOF
+        insecure=true
+        buildx-config<<ENDVAR
+        [registry."${hostport}"]
+          http = true
+        ENDVAR
+        EOF
+
+    - name: Allow docker pull/push to forgejo
+      if: ${{ steps.registry.outputs.insecure }}
+      run: |-
+        mkdir -p /etc/docker
+        cat > /etc/docker/daemon.json <<EOF
+          {
+            "insecure-registries" : ["${{ steps.registry.outputs.host-port }}"],
+            "bip": "172.26.0.1/16"
+          }
+        EOF
+
+    - name: Install docker
+      run: |
+        echo deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye-backports main | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list && apt-get -qq update
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq -y -t bullseye-backports docker.io
+
+    - uses: https://github.com/docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+      with:
+        config-inline: |
+         ${{ steps.registry.outputs.buildx-config }}
+
+    - name: Login to the container registry
+      run: |
+        BASE64_AUTH=`echo -n "${{ inputs.doer }}:${{ inputs.token }}" | base64 -w0`
+        mkdir -p ~/.docker
+        echo "{\"auths\": {\"$CI_REGISTRY\": {\"auth\": \"$BASE64_AUTH\"}}}" > ~/.docker/config.json
+      env:
+        CI_REGISTRY: "${{ steps.registry.outputs.host-port }}"
+
+    - name: Build the container image for each architecture
+      uses: https://github.com/docker/build-push-action@v4
+      # workaround until https://github.com/docker/build-push-action/commit/d8823bfaed2a82c6f5d4799a2f8e86173c461aba is in @v4 or @v5 is released
+      env:
+        ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN: ''
+      with:
+        context: .
+        push: true
+        file: ${{ inputs.dockerfile }}
+        platforms: ${{ inputs.platforms }}
+        tags: ${{ steps.registry.outputs.host-port }}/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}:${{ inputs.tag-version }}${{ inputs.suffix }}
+
+    - name: Extract the binary from the container images into the release directory
+      if: inputs.binary-name != ''
+      run: |
+        ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.shell }}
+        mkdir -p release
+        cd release
+        for platform in $(echo ${{ inputs.platforms }} | tr ',' ' '); do
+          arch=$(echo $platform | sed -e 's|linux/||g' -e 's|arm/v6|arm-6|g')
+          docker create --platform $platform --name forgejo-$arch ${{ steps.registry.outputs.host-port }}/${{ inputs.owner }}/${{ inputs.repository }}:${{ inputs.tag-version }}${{ inputs.suffix }}
+          binary="${{ inputs.binary-name }}-${{ inputs.tag-version }}-linux"
+          docker cp forgejo-$arch:${{ inputs.binary-path }} $binary-$arch
+          chmod +x $binary-$arch
+          # the displayed version has a + instead of the first -, deal with it
+          pattern=$(echo "${{ inputs.tag-version }}" | tr - .)
+          if ! ./$binary-$arch --version | grep "$pattern" ; then
+            echo "ERROR: expected version pattern $pattern not found in the output of $binary-$arch --version"
+            ./$binary-$arch --version
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          xz --keep -9 $binary-$arch
+          shasum -a 256 $binary-$arch > $binary-$arch.sha256
+          shasum -a 256 $binary-$arch.xz > $binary-$arch.xz.sha256
+          docker rm forgejo-$arch
+        done
+
+    - name: publish release
+      if: inputs.binary-name != ''
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/forgejo-release@v1
+      with:
+        direction: upload
+        release-dir: release
+        release-notes: "${{ inputs.release-notes }}"
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        verbose: ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.value }}
--- a/.forgejo/actions/publish-release/action.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/actions/publish-release/action.yml
@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+name: 'Publish release'
+author: 'Forgejo authors'
+description: |
+  Publish release
+
+inputs:
+  forgejo:
+    description: 'URL of the Forgejo instance where the release is uploaded (e.g. https://codeberg.org)'
+    required: true
+  from-owner:
+    description: 'the owner from which a release is to be copied (e.g forgejo-integration)'
+    required: true
+  to-owner:
+    description: 'the owner to which a release is to be copied (e.g. forgejo-experimental). It has be an organization in which doer has the required permissions. Or be the same as the doer'
+    required: true
+  repo:
+    description: 'the repository from which a release is to be copied relative to from-owner and to-owner'
+    default: 'forgejo'
+  ref-name:
+    description: 'ref_name of the tag of the release to be copied (e.g. github.ref_name)'
+    required: true
+  doer:
+    description: 'Name of the user authoring the release (e.g. release-team). The user must be authorized to create packages in to-owner and releases in to-owner/repo'
+    required: true
+  token:
+    description: 'application token created on forgejo by the doer, with a scope allowing it to create packages in to-owner and releases in to-owner/repo'
+    required: true
+  gpg-private-key:
+    description: 'GPG Private Key to sign the release artifacts'
+  gpg-passphrase:
+    description: 'Passphrase of the GPG Private Key'
+  verbose:
+    description: 'Increase the verbosity level'
+    default: 'false'
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - id: hostport
+      run: |
+         url="${{ inputs.forgejo }}"
+         hostport=${url##http*://}
+         hostport=${hostport%%/}
+         echo "value=$hostport" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"    
+
+    - id: tag-version
+      run: |
+        version="${{ inputs.ref-name }}"
+        version=${version##*v}
+        echo "value=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+    - name: Create the release notes
+      id: release-notes
+      run: |
+          anchor=${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}
+          anchor=${anchor//./-}
+          cat >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" <<EOF
+          value<<ENDVAR
+          See https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/RELEASE-NOTES.md#$anchor
+          ENDVAR
+          EOF
+
+    - name: apt-get install docker.io
+      run: |
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install --no-install-recommends -qq -y docker.io
+
+    - name: download release
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/forgejo-release@v1
+      with:
+        url: ${{ inputs.forgejo }}
+        repo: ${{ inputs.from-owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}
+        direction: download
+        release-dir: release
+        download-retry: 60
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        verbose: ${{ inputs.verbose }}
+
+    - name: upload release
+      uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/forgejo-release@v1
+      with:
+        url: ${{ inputs.forgejo }}
+        repo: ${{ inputs.to-owner }}/${{ inputs.repo }}
+        direction: upload
+        release-dir: release
+        release-notes: ${{ steps.release-notes.outputs.value }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        gpg-private-key: ${{ inputs.gpg-private-key }}
+        gpg-passphrase: ${{ inputs.gpg-passphrase }}
+        verbose: ${{ inputs.verbose }}
+
+    - name: login to the registry
+      uses: https://github.com/docker/login-action@v2
+      with:
+          registry: ${{ steps.hostport.outputs.value }}
+          username: ${{ inputs.doer }}
+          password: ${{ inputs.token }}
+
+    - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/forgejo-container-image@v1
+      env:
+        VERIFY: 'false'
+      with:
+        url: https://${{ steps.hostport.outputs.value }}
+        destination-owner: ${{ inputs.to-owner }}
+        owner: ${{ inputs.from-owner }}
+        suffixes: '-rootless'
+        project: ${{ inputs.repo }}
+        tag: ${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}
+        doer: ${{ inputs.doer }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        verbose: ${{ inputs.verbose }}
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/Dockerfile
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/Dockerfile
@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+FROM public.ecr.aws/docker/library/alpine:3.18
+RUN mkdir -p /app/gitea
+RUN ( echo '#!/bin/sh' ; echo "echo forgejo v1.2.3" ) > /app/gitea/gitea ; chmod +x /app/gitea/gitea
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/Makefile
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/Makefile
@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+VERSION ?= $(shell cat VERSION 2>/dev/null)
+sources-tarbal:
+	mkdir -p dist/release
+	echo $(VERSION) > VERSION
+	sources=forgejo-src-$(VERSION).tar.gz ; tar --transform 's|^./|forgejo-src-$(VERSION)/|' -czf dist/release/forgejo-src-$(VERSION).tar.gz . ; cd dist/release ; shasum -a 256 $$sources > $$sources.sha256
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/modules/public/bindata.go
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/modules/public/bindata.go
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/css/placeholder
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/css/placeholder
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/fonts/placeholder
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/fonts/placeholder
--- a/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/js/placeholder
+++ b/.forgejo/testdata/build-release/public/assets/js/placeholder
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release-integration.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release-integration.yml
@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+name: Integration tests for the release process
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+      - Makefile
+      - Dockerfile
+      - Dockerfile.rootless
+      - docker/**
+      - .forgejo/actions/build-release/action.yml
+      - .forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
+      - .forgejo/workflows/build-release-integration.yml
+
+jobs:
+  release-simulation:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    if: secrets.ROLE != 'forgejo-integration' && secrets.ROLE != 'forgejo-experimental' && secrets.ROLE != 'forgejo-release'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - id: forgejo
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-forgejo@v1
+        with:
+          user: root
+          password: admin1234
+          image-version: 1.19
+          lxc-ip-prefix: 10.0.9
+
+      - name: publish the forgejo release
+        run: |
+          set -x
+
+          version=1.2.3
+          cat > /etc/docker/daemon.json <<EOF
+            {
+              "insecure-registries" : ["${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.host-port }}"]
+            }
+          EOF
+          systemctl restart docker
+
+          apt-get install -qq -y xz-utils
+
+          dir=$(mktemp -d)
+          trap "rm -fr $dir" EXIT
+
+          url=http://root:admin1234@${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.host-port }}
+          export FORGEJO_RUNNER_LOGS="${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.runner-logs }}"
+
+          #
+          # Create a new project with a fake forgejo and the release workflow only
+          #
+          cp -a .forgejo/testdata/build-release/* $dir
+          mkdir -p $dir/.forgejo/workflows
+          cp .forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml $dir/.forgejo/workflows
+          cp -a .forgejo/actions $dir/.forgejo/actions
+          cp $dir/Dockerfile $dir/Dockerfile.rootless
+
+          forgejo-test-helper.sh push $dir $url root forgejo
+          sha=$(forgejo-test-helper.sh branch_tip $url root/forgejo main)
+
+          #
+          # Push a tag to trigger the release workflow and wait for it to complete
+          #
+          forgejo-curl.sh api_json --data-raw '{"tag_name": "v'$version'", "target": "'$sha'"}' $url/api/v1/repos/root/forgejo/tags
+          LOOPS=180 forgejo-test-helper.sh wait_success "$url" root/forgejo $sha
+
+          #
+          # uncomment to see the logs even when everything is reported to be working ok
+          #
+          #cat $FORGEJO_RUNNER_LOGS
+
+          #
+          # Minimal sanity checks. e2e test is for the setup-forgejo
+          # action and the infrastructure playbook. Since the binary
+          # is a script shell it does not test the sanity of the cross
+          # build, only the sanity of the naming of the binaries.
+          #
+          for arch in amd64 arm64 arm-6 ; do
+            binary=forgejo-$version-linux-$arch
+            for suffix in '' '.xz' ; do
+              curl --fail -L -sS $url/root/forgejo/releases/download/v$version/$binary$suffix > $binary$suffix
+              if test "$suffix" = .xz ; then
+                 unxz --keep $binary$suffix
+              fi
+              chmod +x $binary
+              ./$binary --version | grep $version
+              curl --fail -L -sS $url/root/forgejo/releases/download/v$version/$binary$suffix.sha256 > $binary$suffix.sha256
+              shasum -a 256 --check $binary$suffix.sha256
+              rm $binary$suffix
+            done
+          done
+
+          sources=forgejo-src-$version.tar.gz
+          curl --fail -L -sS $url/root/forgejo/releases/download/v$version/$sources > $sources
+          curl --fail -L -sS $url/root/forgejo/releases/download/v$version/$sources.sha256 > $sources.sha256
+          shasum -a 256 --check $sources.sha256
+
+          docker pull ${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.host-port }}/root/forgejo:$version
+          docker pull ${{ steps.forgejo.outputs.host-port }}/root/forgejo:$version-rootless
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/build-release.yml
@ -0,0 +1,190 @@
+name: Build release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    # root is used for testing, allow it
+    if: secrets.ROLE == 'forgejo-integration' || github.repository_owner == 'root'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Increase the verbosity when there are no secrets
+        id: verbose
+        run: |
+          if test -z "${{ secrets.TOKEN }}"; then
+            value=true
+          else
+            value=false
+          fi
+          echo "value=$value" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Sanitize the name of the repository
+        id: repository
+        run: |
+          set -x # comment out
+          repository="${{ github.repository }}"
+          echo "value=${repository##*/}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: When in a test environment, create a token
+        id: token
+        if: ${{ secrets.TOKEN == '' }}
+        run: |
+          apt-get -qq install -y jq
+          url="${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+          hostport=${url##http*://}
+          hostport=${hostport%%/}
+          doer=root
+          api=http://$doer:admin1234@$hostport/api/v1/users/$doer/tokens
+          curl -sS -X DELETE $api/release
+          token=$(curl -sS -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' --data-raw '{"name": "release", "scopes": ["all"]}' $api | jq --raw-output .sha1)
+          echo "value=${token}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
+        with:
+          go-version: ">=1.20"
+          check-latest: true
+
+      - name: Create the version from ref_name
+        id: tag-version
+        run: |
+          version="${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          version=${version##*v}
+          echo "value=$version" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Create the release notes
+        id: release-notes
+        run: |
+          cat >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT" <<EOF
+          value<<ENDVAR
+          See https://codeberg.org/forgejo/forgejo/src/branch/forgejo/RELEASE-NOTES.md#${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}
+          ENDVAR
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Build sources
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          apt-get -qq install -y make
+          version=${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}
+          #
+          # Make sure all files are owned by the current user.
+          # When run as root `npx webpack` will assume the identity
+          # of the owner of the current working directory and may
+          # fail to create files if some sub-directories are not owned
+          # by the same user.
+          #
+          #   Binaries:
+          #   Node: 18.17.0 - /usr/local/node-v18.17.0-linux-x64/bin/node
+          #   npm: 9.6.7 - /usr/local/node-v18.17.0-linux-x64/bin/npm
+          # Packages:
+          #   add-asset-webpack-plugin: 2.0.1 => 2.0.1
+          #   css-loader: 6.8.1 => 6.8.1
+          #   esbuild-loader: 3.0.1 => 3.0.1
+          #   license-checker-webpack-plugin: 0.2.1 => 0.2.1
+          #   monaco-editor-webpack-plugin: 7.0.1 => 7.0.1
+          #   vue-loader: 17.2.2 => 17.2.2
+          #   webpack: 5.87.0 => 5.87.0
+          #   webpack-cli: 5.1.4 => 5.1.4
+          #
+          chown -R $(id -u) .
+          make VERSION=$version TAGS=bindata sources-tarbal
+          mv dist/release release
+
+          (
+            tmp=$(mktemp -d)
+            tar --directory $tmp -zxvf release/*$version*.tar.gz
+            cd $tmp/*
+            #
+            # Verify `make frontend` files are available
+            #
+            test -d public/assets/css
+            test -d public/assets/fonts
+            test -d public/assets/js
+            #
+            # Verify `make generate` files are available
+            #
+            test -f modules/public/bindata.go
+            #
+            # Sanity check to verify that the source tarbal knows the
+            # version and is able to rebuild itself from it.
+            #
+            # When in sources the version is determined with git.
+            # When in the tarbal the version is determined from a VERSION file.
+            #
+            make sources-tarbal
+            tarbal=$(echo dist/release/*$version*.tar.gz)
+            if ! test -f $tarbal ; then
+              echo $tarbal does not exist
+              find dist release
+              exit 1
+            fi
+          )
+
+      - name: build container & release (when TOKEN secret is not set)
+        if: ${{ secrets.TOKEN == '' }}
+        uses: ./.forgejo/actions/build-release
+        with:
+          forgejo: "${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+          owner: "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER }}"
+          repository: "${{ steps.repository.outputs.value }}"
+          doer: root
+          tag-version: "${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}"
+          token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.value }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v6
+          release-notes: "${{ steps.release-notes.outputs.value }}"
+          binary-name: forgejo
+          binary-path: /app/gitea/gitea
+          verbose: ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.value }}
+
+      - name: build rootless container (when TOKEN secret is not set)
+        if: ${{ secrets.TOKEN == '' }}
+        uses: ./.forgejo/actions/build-release
+        with:
+          forgejo: "${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+          owner: "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER }}"
+          repository: "${{ steps.repository.outputs.value }}"
+          doer: root
+          tag-version: "${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}"
+          token: ${{ steps.token.outputs.value }}
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v6
+          suffix: -rootless
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile.rootless
+          verbose: ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.value }}
+
+      - name: build container & release (when TOKEN secret is set)
+        if: ${{ secrets.TOKEN != '' }}
+        uses: ./.forgejo/actions/build-release
+        with:
+          forgejo: "${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+          owner: "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER }}"
+          repository: "${{ steps.repository.outputs.value }}"
+          doer: "${{ secrets.DOER }}"
+          tag-version: "${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}"
+          token: "${{ secrets.TOKEN }}"
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v6
+          release-notes: "${{ steps.release-notes.outputs.value }}"
+          binary-name: forgejo
+          binary-path: /app/gitea/gitea
+          verbose: ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.value }}
+
+      - name: build rootless container (when TOKEN secret is set)
+        if: ${{ secrets.TOKEN != '' }}
+        uses: ./.forgejo/actions/build-release
+        with:
+          forgejo: "${{ env.GITHUB_SERVER_URL }}"
+          owner: "${{ env.GITHUB_REPOSITORY_OWNER }}"
+          repository: "${{ steps.repository.outputs.value }}"
+          doer: "${{ secrets.DOER }}"
+          tag-version: "${{ steps.tag-version.outputs.value }}"
+          token: "${{ secrets.TOKEN }}"
+          platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64,linux/arm/v6
+          suffix: -rootless
+          dockerfile: Dockerfile.rootless
+          verbose: ${{ steps.verbose.outputs.value }}
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/publish-release.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/publish-release.yml
@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+# See also https://forgejo.org/docs/next/developer/RELEASE/#release-process
+#
+# https://codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental/forgejo
+#
+#  Copies a release from codeberg.org/forgejo-integration to codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental
+#
+#  ROLE: forgejo-experimental
+#  FORGEJO: https://codeberg.org
+#  FROM_OWNER: forgejo-integration
+#  TO_OWNER: forgejo-experimental
+#  DOER: forgejo-experimental-ci
+#  TOKEN: <generated from codeberg.org/forgejo-experimental-ci>
+#
+# https://forgejo.octopuce.forgejo.org/forgejo/forgejo
+#
+#  Copies & sign a release from codeberg.org/forgejo-integration to codeberg.org/forgejo
+#
+#  ROLE: forgejo-release
+#  FORGEJO: https://codeberg.org
+#  FROM_OWNER: forgejo-integration
+#  TO_OWNER: forgejo
+#  DOER: release-team
+#  TOKEN: <generated from codeberg.org/release-team>
+#  GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: <XYZ>
+#  GPG_PASSPHRASE: <ABC>
+#
+name: Pubish release
+
+on: 
+  push:
+    tags: 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    if: secrets.DOER != '' && secrets.FORGEJO != '' && secrets.TO_OWNER != '' && secrets.FROM_OWNER != '' && secrets.TOKEN != ''
+    steps:
+      - name: install the certificate authority
+        if: secrets.ROLE == 'forgejo-release'
+        run: |
+          apt-get install -qq -y wget
+          wget --no-check-certificate -O /usr/local/share/ca-certificates/enough.crt https://forgejo.octopuce.forgejo.org/forgejo/enough/raw/branch/main/certs/2023-05-13/ca.crt
+          update-ca-certificates --fresh
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: copy & sign binaries and container images from one owner to another
+        uses: ./.forgejo/actions/publish-release
+        with:
+          forgejo: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO }}
+          from-owner: ${{ secrets.FROM_OWNER }}
+          to-owner: ${{ secrets.TO_OWNER }}
+          ref-name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          doer: ${{ secrets.DOER }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          verbose: ${{ secrets.VERBOSE }}
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/testing.yml
@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
+          go-version: "1.21"
          check-latest: true
      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
      - run: make lint-backend
@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20"
+          go-version: "1.21"
          check-latest: true
      - run: make deps-backend deps-tools
      - run: make --always-make checks-backend # ensure the "go-licenses" make target runs
@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+          go-version: "1.21"
      - run: |
          git config --add safe.directory '*'
          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+          go-version: "1.21"
      - run: |
          git config --add safe.directory '*'
          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+          go-version: "1.21"
      - run: |
          git config --add safe.directory '*'
          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ jobs:
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: https://code.forgejo.org/actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
-          go-version: ">=1.20.0"
+          go-version: "1.21"
      - run: |
          git config --add safe.directory '*'
          chown -R gitea:gitea . /go
--- a/35
+++ b/35
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#Build stage
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21-alpine3.18 AS build-env
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/tonistiigi/xx AS xx
+
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21-alpine3.18 as build-env

 ARG GOPROXY
 ENV GOPROXY ${GOPROXY:-direct}
@ -9,19 +10,33 @@ ARG TAGS="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 ENV TAGS "bindata timetzdata $TAGS"
 ARG CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS

-#Build deps
+#
+# Transparently cross compile for the target platform
+#
+COPY --from=xx / /
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+RUN apk --no-cache add clang lld
+RUN xx-apk --no-cache add gcc musl-dev
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
+RUN xx-go --wrap
+#
+# for go generate and binfmt to find
+# without it the generate phase will fail with
+# #19 25.04 modules/public/public_bindata.go:8: running "go": exit status 1
+# #19 25.39 aarch64-binfmt-P: Could not open '/lib/ld-musl-aarch64.so.1': No such file or directory
+# why exactly is it needed? where is binfmt involved?
+#
+RUN cp /*-alpine-linux-musl*/lib/ld-musl-*.so.1 /lib || true
+
 RUN apk --no-cache add build-base git nodejs npm

-#Setup repo
 COPY . ${GOPATH}/src/code.gitea.io/gitea
 WORKDIR ${GOPATH}/src/code.gitea.io/gitea

-#Checkout version if set
-RUN if [ -n "${GITEA_VERSION}" ]; then git checkout "${GITEA_VERSION}"; fi \
- && make clean-all build
-
-# Begin env-to-ini build
-RUN go build contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go
+RUN make clean-all
+RUN make frontend
+RUN go build contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go && xx-verify environment-to-ini
+RUN make go-check generate-backend static-executable && xx-verify gitea

 FROM docker.io/library/alpine:3.18
 LABEL maintainer="contact@forgejo.org"
--- a/Dockerfile.rootless
+++ b/Dockerfile.rootless
@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-#Build stage
-FROM docker.io/library/golang:1.21-alpine3.18 AS build-env
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/tonistiigi/xx AS xx
+
+FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM docker.io/library/golang:1.21-alpine3.18 as build-env

 ARG GOPROXY
 ENV GOPROXY ${GOPROXY:-direct}
@ -9,19 +10,33 @@ ARG TAGS="sqlite sqlite_unlock_notify"
 ENV TAGS "bindata timetzdata $TAGS"
 ARG CGO_EXTRA_CFLAGS

-#Build deps
+#
+# Transparently cross compile for the target platform
+#
+COPY --from=xx / /
+ARG TARGETPLATFORM
+RUN apk --no-cache add clang lld
+RUN xx-apk --no-cache add gcc musl-dev
+ENV CGO_ENABLED=1
+RUN xx-go --wrap
+#
+# for go generate and binfmt to find
+# without it the generate phase will fail with
+# #19 25.04 modules/public/public_bindata.go:8: running "go": exit status 1
+# #19 25.39 aarch64-binfmt-P: Could not open '/lib/ld-musl-aarch64.so.1': No such file or directory
+# why exactly is it needed? where is binfmt involved?
+#
+RUN cp /*-alpine-linux-musl*/lib/ld-musl-*.so.1 /lib || true
+
 RUN apk --no-cache add build-base git nodejs npm

-#Setup repo
 COPY . ${GOPATH}/src/code.gitea.io/gitea
 WORKDIR ${GOPATH}/src/code.gitea.io/gitea

-#Checkout version if set
-RUN if [ -n "${GITEA_VERSION}" ]; then git checkout "${GITEA_VERSION}"; fi \
- && make clean-all build
-
-# Begin env-to-ini build
-RUN go build contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go
+RUN make clean-all
+RUN make frontend
+RUN go build contrib/environment-to-ini/environment-to-ini.go && xx-verify environment-to-ini
+RUN make go-check generate-backend static-executable && xx-verify gitea

 FROM docker.io/library/alpine:3.18
 LABEL maintainer="contact@forgejo.org"
--- a/33
+++ b/33
@ -79,31 +79,14 @@ endif
 STORED_VERSION_FILE := VERSION
 HUGO_VERSION ?= 0.111.3

-GITHUB_REF_TYPE ?= branch
-GITHUB_REF_NAME ?= $(shell git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)

-ifneq ($(GITHUB_REF_TYPE),branch)
-	VERSION ?= $(subst v,,$(GITHUB_REF_NAME))
-	GITEA_VERSION ?= $(VERSION)
+STORED_VERSION=$(shell cat $(STORED_VERSION_FILE) 2>/dev/null)
+ifneq ($(STORED_VERSION),)
+  GITEA_VERSION ?= $(STORED_VERSION)
 else
-	ifneq ($(GITHUB_REF_NAME),)
-		VERSION ?= $(subst release/v,,$(GITHUB_REF_NAME))
-	else
-		VERSION ?= main
-	endif
-
-	STORED_VERSION=$(shell cat $(STORED_VERSION_FILE) 2>/dev/null)
-	ifneq ($(STORED_VERSION),)
-		GITEA_VERSION ?= $(STORED_VERSION)
-	else
-		GITEA_VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//')
-	endif
-endif
-
-# if version = "main" then update version to "nightly"
-ifeq ($(VERSION),main)
-	VERSION := main-nightly
+  GITEA_VERSION ?= $(shell git describe --tags --always | sed 's/-/+/' | sed 's/^v//')
 endif
+VERSION = ${GITEA_VERSION}

 LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -X "main.MakeVersion=$(MAKE_VERSION)" -X "main.Version=$(GITEA_VERSION)" -X "main.Tags=$(TAGS)"

@ -835,9 +818,15 @@ security-check:
 $(EXECUTABLE): $(GO_SOURCES) $(TAGS_PREREQ)
 	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)' -o $@

+static-executable: $(GO_SOURCES) $(TAGS_PREREQ)
+	CGO_CFLAGS="$(CGO_CFLAGS)" $(GO) build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags 'netgo osusergo $(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w -linkmode external -extldflags "-static" $(LDFLAGS)' -o $(EXECUTABLE)
+
 .PHONY: release
 release: frontend generate release-windows release-linux release-darwin release-freebsd release-copy release-compress vendor release-sources release-docs release-check

+# just the sources, with all assets builtin and frontend resources generated
+sources-tarbal: frontend generate vendor release-sources release-check
+
 $(DIST_DIRS):
 	mkdir -p $(DIST_DIRS)