refactor(release): simplify detached publish flow

Keep the detached release commit and retry-safe package publishes, but drop the draft and tag reuse logic so the release workflow stays focused on preventing dev rewrites while syncing version files back onto the latest dev tip.

script/publish.ts

@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { fileURLToPath } from "url"
 console.log("=== publishing ===\n")
 
 const tag = `v${Script.version}`
-const release_commit = `release: ${tag}`
 
 const pkgjsons = await Array.fromAsync(
   new Bun.Glob("**/package.json").scan({
@@ -21,10 +20,8 @@ async function hasChanges() {
   return (await $`git diff --quiet && git diff --cached --quiet`.nothrow()).exitCode !== 0
 }
 
-async function releaseTagReady() {
+async function releaseTagExists() {
-  const ref = await $`git rev-parse -q --verify refs/tags/${tag}`.nothrow()
+  return (await $`git rev-parse -q --verify refs/tags/${tag}`.nothrow()).exitCode === 0
-  if (ref.exitCode !== 0) return false
-  return (await $`git log -1 --format=%s refs/tags/${tag}`.text()).trim() === release_commit
 }
 
 async function prepareReleaseFiles() {
@@ -47,18 +44,16 @@ async function prepareReleaseFiles() {
 
 if (Script.release && !Script.preview) {
   await $`git fetch origin --tags`
-  if (await releaseTagReady()) await $`git switch --detach refs/tags/${tag}`
+  await $`git switch --detach`
-  else await $`git switch --detach`
 }
 
 await prepareReleaseFiles()
 
-if (Script.release && !Script.preview && !(await releaseTagReady())) {
+if (Script.release && !Script.preview) {
-  await $`git commit -am ${release_commit}`
+  if (await releaseTagExists()) {
-  if ((await $`git rev-parse -q --verify refs/tags/${tag}`.nothrow()).exitCode === 0) {
+    console.log(`release tag ${tag} already exists, skipping tag creation`)
-    await $`git tag -f ${tag}`
-    await $`git push origin refs/tags/${tag} --force --no-verify`
   } else {
+    await $`git commit -am "release: ${tag}"`
     await $`git tag ${tag}`
     await $`git push origin refs/tags/${tag} --no-verify`
     await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 5_000))

script/version.ts

@@ -5,33 +5,6 @@ import { $ } from "bun"
 
 const output = [`version=${Script.version}`]
 const sha = process.env.GITHUB_SHA ?? (await $`git rev-parse HEAD`.text()).trim()
-const repo = process.env.GH_REPO
-
-async function releaseView() {
-  if (repo) return await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId --repo ${repo}`.json()
-  return await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId`.json()
-}
-
-async function ensureRelease(notesFile?: string) {
-  const existing = repo
-    ? await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId --repo ${repo}`.nothrow()
-    : await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId`.nothrow()
-  if (existing.exitCode === 0) return await releaseView()
-  if (notesFile) {
-    if (repo) {
-      await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}" --notes-file ${notesFile} --repo ${repo}`
-      return await releaseView()
-    }
-    await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}" --notes-file ${notesFile}`
-    return await releaseView()
-  }
-  if (repo) {
-    await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}" --repo ${repo}`
-    return await releaseView()
-  }
-  await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}"`
-  return await releaseView()
-}
 
 if (!Script.preview) {
   await $`bun script/changelog.ts --to ${sha}`.cwd(process.cwd())
@@ -42,11 +15,14 @@ if (!Script.preview) {
   const dir = process.env.RUNNER_TEMP ?? "/tmp"
   const notesFile = `${dir}/opencode-release-notes.txt`
   await Bun.write(notesFile, body)
-  const release = await ensureRelease(notesFile)
+  await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}" --notes-file ${notesFile}`
+  const release = await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId`.json()
   output.push(`release=${release.databaseId}`)
   output.push(`tag=${release.tagName}`)
 } else if (Script.channel === "beta") {
-  const release = await ensureRelease()
+  await $`gh release create v${Script.version} -d --target ${sha} --title "v${Script.version}" --repo ${process.env.GH_REPO}`
+  const release =
+    await $`gh release view v${Script.version} --json tagName,databaseId --repo ${process.env.GH_REPO}`.json()
   output.push(`release=${release.databaseId}`)
   output.push(`tag=${release.tagName}`)
 }