Push release to a branch due to branch protection rules

Author: aalmiray

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -33,11 +33,6 @@ env:
 jobs:
   version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      HEAD: ${{ steps.version.outputs.HEAD }}
-      RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-      PLAIN_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.PLAIN_VERSION }}
-      NEXT_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -51,6 +46,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set release version
         id: version
         run: |
+          BRANCH="moditect-${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
           RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
           NEXT_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.next }}
           PLAIN_VERSION=`echo ${RELEASE_VERSION} | awk 'match($0, /^(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)/) { print substr($0, RSTART, RLENGTH); }'`
@@ -59,16 +55,16 @@ jobs:
           then
             NEXT_VERSION=$COMPUTED_NEXT_VERSION
           fi
+          git checkout -b $BRANCH
           ./mvnw -ntp -B versions:set versions:commit -DnewVersion=$RELEASE_VERSION -pl :moditect-parent
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "moditect-release-bot"
           git commit -a -m "Releasing version $VERSION"
-          git push origin HEAD:main
-          HEAD=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
-          echo "HEAD=$HEAD" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$NEXT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "PLAIN_VERSION=$PLAIN_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          git push origin $BRANCH
+          echo "BRANCH=$BRANCH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$NEXT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "PLAIN_VERSION=$PLAIN_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
   release:
     needs: [ version ]
@@ -77,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
-          ref: ${{ needs.version.outputs.HEAD }}
+          ref: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup Java
@@ -106,6 +102,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release to GitHub
         env:
           JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_BRANCH: ${{ env.BRANCH }}
         run: |
           ./mvnw -B --file pom.xml -pl :moditect-parent -Pjreleaser jreleaser:release
 
@@ -119,11 +116,9 @@ jobs:
             parent/target/jreleaser/output.properties
 
       - name: Set next version
-        env:
-          NEXT_VERSION: ${{ needs.version.outputs.NEXT_VERSION }}
         run: |
-          ./mvnw -ntp -B versions:set versions:commit -DnewVersion=$NEXT_VERSION -pl :moditect-parent
+          ./mvnw -ntp -B versions:set versions:commit -DnewVersion=${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }} -pl :moditect-parent
           git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
           git config --global user.name "moditect-release-bot"
-          git commit -a -m "Next version $NEXT_VERSION"
-          git push origin HEAD:main
+          git commit -a -m "Next version ${{ env.NEXT_VERSION }}"
+          git push origin ${{ env.BRANCH }}

parent/pom.xml

@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
                         <artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5.0</version>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
                         <inherited>false</inherited>
                         <configuration>
                             <gitRootSearch>true</gitRootSearch>