From 111402ce17bd3a201db25b8b9fdf74baff534bbf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jelius Basumatary <personal@jelius.dev>
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:06:40 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] chore(GH Action): Improved skipping action based on version

- Actions status should show up as skipped instead of an error.
- Skipping is handled by condition on the job rather than abrubt exit 1
  call.

Signed-off-by: Jelius Basumatary <personal@jelius.dev>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 32 ++++++++++++++++++--------------
 Makefile                      |  5 +++--
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d6df03a..7679610 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -30,9 +30,26 @@ jobs:
           name: built-binaries
           path: bin/*
 
+  check:
+    outputs:
+      should_skip: ${{ steps.decide.outputs.skip }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Extract version from main.go
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          VER=$(sed -n 's/^const VERSION = "\(v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)".*$/\1/p' ./cmd/main.go)
+          echo "ver=$VER" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Skip if version unchanged
+        run: |
+          if [ "${{ steps.version.outputs.ver }}" = "${{ steps.latest.outputs.latest }}" ]; then
+            echo "Version already released: ${{ steps.version.outputs.ver }}"
+            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          fi
 
   release:
-    needs: build
+    needs: build, check
+    if: needs.check.outputs.should_skip != 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
@@ -49,19 +66,6 @@ jobs:
 
           echo "latest=$LATEST" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Extract version from main.go
-        id: version
-        run: |
-          VER=$(sed -n 's/^const VERSION = "\(v[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\)".*$/\1/p' ./cmd/main.go)
-          echo "ver=$VER" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Skip if version unchanged
-        run: |
-          if [ "${{ steps.version.outputs.ver }}" = "${{ steps.latest.outputs.latest }}" ]; then
-            echo "Version already released: ${{ steps.version.outputs.ver }}"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
       - name: Extract commit message
         id: commit_msg
         run: |
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ed8896e..85a2c2b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 GOC := go
 
+# NOTE: By default any and all builds will be a debug build by default, only once a stable release has been made this will change.
 GOFLAGS_PROD := -ldflags "-s -w -X main.IS_PROD=TRUE  -X main.PORT=:8000" -trimpath -buildvcs=false
-GOFLAGS_DEV  := -ldflags "-s -w -X main.IS_PROD=FALSE -X main.PORT=:8000" -trimpath -buildvcs=false
+GOFLAGS_DEV  := -ldflags "-X main.IS_PROD=FALSE -X main.PORT=:8000" -trimpath -buildvcs=false
 
 .PHONY: run build release
 
@@ -46,5 +47,5 @@ $(PLATFORMS):
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD)
 	GOOS=$(word 1,$(subst -, ,$@)) \
 	GOARCH=$(word 2,$(subst -, ,$@)) \
-	$(GOC) build $(GOFLAGS_PROD) \
+	$(GOC) build $(GOFLAGS_DEV) \
 	-o $(BUILD)/$(APP_NAME)-$@ $(ENTRY)