A workflow dispatch by branch can resolve after that branch moves, allowing an unreviewed tip to enter the release pipeline. Require every publishing dispatch to name its expected source SHA and make the workflow reject a different source or workflow commit before checkout.
Change-source: pulse-maintainer
(cherry picked from commit a461fc9c0a)
(cherry picked from commit f503b13442)
- Replace unreliable git fetch --dry-run check
- Use git rev-parse to compare local and remote commits
- Prevents false warnings about diverged branches
- Check VERSION file matches before triggering workflow
- Validate working directory is clean
- Confirm on main branch and up to date
- Load release notes from /tmp/release_notes_X.Y.Z.md
- Prevents wasting CI time on misconfigured releases