From 6dbfbc45dae50173cab39600803884d101a38028 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Drew Smirnoff <drew@floatpane.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2026 23:08:21 +0400
Subject: [PATCH] ci: fix nightly (#383)

---
 .github/workflows/nightly.yml | 34 +++++++++++++++++++---------------
 .goreleaser.nightly.yml       | 14 +++-----------
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 3f6085f0ede76f7c09cea6952270079b0a9c7e21..de80ed2c255594f3888e74fe73354c76d62964fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-    workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -26,26 +26,30 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Zig
         uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2
 
-      - name: Delete existing nightly release and tag
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh release delete nightly --yes --cleanup-tag || true
-
-      - name: Create nightly tag
-        run: |
-          git tag -f nightly
-          git push -f origin nightly
-
       - name: Get macOS SDK path
         id: macos_sdk
         run: echo "path=$(xcrun --show-sdk-path)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Run GoReleaser
+      - name: Build with GoReleaser (snapshot)
         uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v7
         with:
           version: latest
-          args: release --clean --config .goreleaser.nightly.yml
+          args: release --snapshot --clean --config .goreleaser.nightly.yml
         env:
           SDK_PATH: ${{ steps.macos_sdk.outputs.path }}
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Delete existing nightly release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release delete nightly --yes --cleanup-tag || true
+
+      - name: Create nightly release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create nightly dist/*.tar.gz dist/*.zip dist/checksums.txt \
+            --title "Nightly Build ($(git rev-parse --short HEAD))" \
+            --notes "This is an automated nightly build from the latest \`master\` commit ($(git rev-parse --short HEAD)).\nIt may be unstable — use stable releases for production." \
+            --prerelease \
+            --target master
diff --git a/.goreleaser.nightly.yml b/.goreleaser.nightly.yml
index f16a46933822c234ae68fb5dfcf5018476d5b395..3119c9c12619be54192fbcd33bf7fdbca5de9996 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.nightly.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.nightly.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # GoReleaser configuration for nightly builds.
 # This is a stripped-down version of .goreleaser.yml that skips
 # Homebrew, WinGet, and Snapcraft publishing.
+# Used with --snapshot mode (no semver tag required).
 version: 2
 
 before:
@@ -56,14 +57,5 @@ archives:
 checksum:
   name_template: "checksums.txt"
 
-changelog:
-  use: github-native
-
-release:
-  draft: false
-  prerelease: true
-  name_template: "Nightly Build ({{ .ShortCommit }})"
-  footer: |
-    ---
-    This is an automated nightly build from the latest `master` commit.
-    It may be unstable — use stable releases for production.
+snapshot:
+  version_template: "nightly-{{ .ShortCommit }}"