Improve deleting of old releases

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Igor Pecovnik
2025-12-19 17:38:55 +01:00
committed by Igor
parent 1294eec74f
commit abf287594d

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name: Delete Old Releases
name: Delete old releases
on:
schedule:
- cron: '0 3 * * *' # Daily at 03:00 UTC
workflow_dispatch: # Manual trigger
- cron: "0 3 * * *" # daily 03:00 UTC
workflow_dispatch:
inputs:
keep_full:
description: "How many full (non-prerelease) releases to keep"
required: false
default: "3"
keep_pre:
description: "How many prereleases to keep"
required: false
default: "3"
delete_tags:
description: "Also delete the git tag for deleted releases"
type: boolean
required: false
default: true
dry_run:
description: "Do not delete anything; just print what would happen"
type: boolean
required: false
default: false
protect_tag_regex:
description: "Regex of tag names that must never be deleted (empty = none)"
required: false
default: "^$"
jobs:
clean_releases:
name: "Clean releases"
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
permissions:
contents: write # required to delete releases (and tags if enabled)
steps:
- name: Delete old releases
- name: Delete old releases (and optionally tags)
env:
GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
KEEP_FULL: ${{ inputs.keep_full || '3' }}
KEEP_PRE: ${{ inputs.keep_pre || '3' }}
DELETE_TAGS: ${{ inputs.delete_tags || 'true' }}
DRY_RUN: ${{ inputs.dry_run || 'false' }}
PROTECT_TAG_REGEX: ${{ inputs.protect_tag_regex || '^$' }}
shell: bash
run: |
# Get all releases (handle pagination)
releases=$(gh api --paginate repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases)
set -euo pipefail
# Process full releases
full_releases=$(echo "$releases" | jq -c '[.[] | select(.prerelease == false)] | sort_by(.created_at) | reverse')
full_to_delete=$(echo "$full_releases" | jq '.[3:] | .[].id')
for id in $full_to_delete; do
echo "Deleting old full release ID: $id"
gh api --method DELETE repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/$id
done
echo "Repo: $REPO"
echo "Keep full releases: $KEEP_FULL"
echo "Keep prereleases: $KEEP_PRE"
echo "Delete tags: $DELETE_TAGS"
echo "Dry-run: $DRY_RUN"
echo "Protect regex: $PROTECT_TAG_REGEX"
echo
# Process pre-releases
pre_releases=$(echo "$releases" | jq -c '[.[] | select(.prerelease == true)] | sort_by(.created_at) | reverse')
pre_to_delete=$(echo "$pre_releases" | jq '.[3:] | .[].id')
for id in $pre_to_delete; do
echo "Deleting old pre-release ID: $id"
gh api --method DELETE repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/$id
done
# Fetch all releases (paginated)
releases_json="$(gh api --paginate "repos/$REPO/releases")"
delete_release_and_tag() {
local rid="$1"
local tag="$2"
local name="$3"
local kind="$4"
# Protect tag patterns if requested
if [[ -n "${PROTECT_TAG_REGEX}" ]] && [[ "$tag" =~ ${PROTECT_TAG_REGEX} ]]; then
echo "SKIP (protected tag) [$kind] $name tag=$tag id=$rid"
return 0
fi
if [[ "$DRY_RUN" == "true" ]]; then
echo "DRY-RUN delete [$kind] $name tag=$tag id=$rid"
return 0
fi
echo "Deleting release [$kind] $name tag=$tag id=$rid"
gh api --method DELETE "repos/$REPO/releases/$rid"
if [[ "$DELETE_TAGS" == "true" && -n "$tag" ]]; then
# Delete the git ref for the tag. If the tag ref doesn't exist, don't fail the job.
echo "Deleting tag ref: refs/tags/$tag"
gh api --method DELETE "repos/$REPO/git/refs/tags/$tag" || echo "Tag ref not found (already deleted?): $tag"
fi
}
# Helper to select, sort newest-first, and delete beyond keep count
process_group() {
local jq_filter="$1"
local keep="$2"
local kind="$3"
# Build array of candidates sorted newest first by created_at
# Keep fields we need (id, tag_name, name)
candidates="$(echo "$releases_json" | jq -c "$jq_filter
| sort_by(.created_at) | reverse
| map({id, tag_name, name})")"
total="$(echo "$candidates" | jq 'length')"
echo "Found $total $kind releases"
# Nothing to delete?
if (( total <= keep )); then
echo "Nothing to delete for $kind (keep=$keep)"
echo
return 0
fi
# Select items beyond keep
echo "$candidates" | jq -c ".[${keep}:][]" | while read -r item; do
rid="$(echo "$item" | jq -r '.id')"
tag="$(echo "$item" | jq -r '.tag_name // ""')"
name="$(echo "$item" | jq -r '.name // .tag_name // "(no name)"')"
delete_release_and_tag "$rid" "$tag" "$name" "$kind"
done
echo
}
# Full releases
process_group '[.[] | select(.prerelease == false)]' "$KEEP_FULL" "full"
# Pre-releases
process_group '[.[] | select(.prerelease == true)]' "$KEEP_PRE" "pre"
echo "Done."