ci: release on merge-to-main; consolidate pipeline triggers

Reworks the pipeline so a change is built once and a release is driven by the
merge, not a manual tag push.

- ci.yaml now runs on pull_request (one gate per PR) instead of every branch
  push, so there's no CI-on-push + CI-on-merge double run. A single `ci` job
  with a docs-only fast-path keeps the required "CI" check always reporting
  (docs/metadata-only PRs skip the Android build but still go green).
- release.yaml triggers on push to main. A cheap `detect` job reads versionName
  from build.gradle; only when no tag for it exists does the `release` job run:
  tests on the merged commit, build + sign, publish to F-Droid, then create the
  vX.Y.Z tag + Gitea release via the API (target_commitish = the merged sha).
  The tag is now an OUTPUT of a successful release, not its trigger — a failure
  before publish leaves no tag, so re-running safely retries. No more separate
  tag-triggered run or duplicate ci job.
- The committed versionName/versionCode are now the source of truth (pipeline
  pins versionCode from versionName); updated the build.gradle comment.
- translations.yaml switched to pull_request (same path filter).
- docs/RELEASING.md: release-by-merge flow, no manual git tag.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.gitea/workflows/ci.yaml

@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 name: CI
 
+# One gate per pull request. Branch pushes no longer trigger CI on their own,
+# so a change is built once on its PR (covering feature -> release/* and
+# release/* -> main) instead of once per push and again on the merge to main.
+# The merge itself is handled by release.yaml, which only does heavy work when
+# the merge actually cuts a release.
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-    tags-ignore:
-      - '**'
 
-# Cancel superseded runs on the same branch.
+# Cancel superseded runs for the same PR.
 concurrency:
   group: ci-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
+  # Single job named `ci` so the required "CI" status check is always reported,
+  # even for docs-only PRs: those just skip the Android build and the job still
+  # succeeds (fast green check) instead of being filtered out and leaving the
+  # required check pending forever.
   ci:
     runs-on: docker
     env:
@@ -21,14 +26,37 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # Full history so the base..HEAD diff below has a merge-base.
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      # Decide whether anything that affects the app build changed. Docs,
+      # F-Droid metadata and the licence don't, so those PRs skip the SDK +
+      # Gradle work below but still report a green `ci`.
+      - name: Classify change scope
+        id: scope
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          BASE="${{ github.base_ref }}"
+          git fetch --no-tags --depth=1 origin "$BASE"
+          CHANGED=$(git diff --name-only "origin/$BASE...HEAD")
+          echo "Changed files:"; echo "$CHANGED"
+          if echo "$CHANGED" | grep -vE '(\.md$|^docs/|^fdroid-metadata/|^LICENSE$)' | grep -q .; then
+            echo "code=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "code=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            echo "Docs/metadata-only change — skipping the Android build."
+          fi
 
       - name: Setup Java
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           java-version: '17'
 
       - name: Setup Android SDK
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3
         with:
           # Default ("tools platform-tools") drags in the Android Emulator
@@ -36,12 +64,14 @@ jobs:
           packages: ''
 
       - name: Setup Android SDK cache
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: /opt/android-sdk
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-android-sdk-37-36.0.0
 
       - name: Install Android SDK packages
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: |
           yes | sdkmanager --licenses >/dev/null || true
           sdkmanager \
@@ -50,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
             "build-tools;36.0.0"
 
       - name: Setup Gradle cache
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: |
@@ -60,21 +91,25 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
 
       - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: chmod +x ./gradlew
 
       # No --no-daemon: the daemon lives only as long as this job container
       # and lets the following steps skip JVM startup + reconfiguration.
       - name: Lint (debug variant only)
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: ./gradlew lintDebug
 
       - name: Unit tests
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: ./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
 
       - name: Assemble debug APK
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: ./gradlew assembleDebug
 
       - name: Trivy filesystem scan
-        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+        if: steps.scope.outputs.code == 'true'
         run: |
           set -e
           SUDO=""

.gitea/workflows/release.yaml

@@ -1,75 +1,84 @@
 name: Release — F-Droid repo + Gitea release
 
+# A release is cut by merging a release branch into main with a bumped
+# versionName (see docs/RELEASING.md). This workflow reads that versionName and,
+# if no matching tag exists yet, runs tests, builds + signs the APK, publishes
+# it to the F-Droid repo, and only then creates the vX.Y.Z tag + Gitea release
+# itself — the tag is an output of the pipeline, not its trigger. Ordinary
+# merges (no version bump) fall through `detect` and do nothing.
+#
+# A manual workflow_dispatch (from a branch) runs the re-sign-only recovery
+# path: it re-signs the existing F-Droid index with the repo key and re-uploads,
+# without building an APK or creating a release. Used for key rotation / repo
+# recovery.
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
+    branches: [main]
-      - '*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+concurrency:
+  group: release
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
 jobs:
-  ci:
+  # Cheap gate: resolve the version from the committed build.gradle and decide
+  # whether this push actually cuts a new release (no tag for it yet). Keeps the
+  # heavy job from running on every merge to main.
+  detect:
     runs-on: docker
-    env:
+    outputs:
-      ANDROID_HOME: /opt/android-sdk
+      is_release: ${{ steps.v.outputs.is_release }}
-      ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: /opt/android-sdk
+      version: ${{ steps.v.outputs.version }}
+      version_code: ${{ steps.v.outputs.version_code }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: Setup Java
+      - name: Resolve version and whether it is a new release
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        id: v
-        with:
+        env:
-          distribution: 'zulu'
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          java-version: '17'
+          API: ${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}
-
-      - name: Setup Android SDK
-        uses: android-actions/setup-android@v3
-        with:
-          packages: ''
-
-      - name: Setup Android SDK cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: /opt/android-sdk
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-android-sdk-37-36.0.0
-
-      - name: Install Android SDK packages
         run: |
-          yes | sdkmanager --licenses >/dev/null || true
+          set -e
-          sdkmanager \
+          VERSION=$(grep -oP 'versionName\s*=\s*"\K[^"]+' app/build.gradle.kts)
-            "platform-tools" \
+          if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then echo "No versionName in app/build.gradle.kts" >&2; exit 1; fi
-            "platforms;android-37.0" \
+          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1); MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f2); PATCH=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f3)
-            "build-tools;36.0.0"
+          MAJOR=${MAJOR:-0}; MINOR=${MINOR:-0}; PATCH=${PATCH:-0}
+          VERSION_CODE=$(( MAJOR * 10000 + MINOR * 100 + PATCH ))
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "version_code=$VERSION_CODE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "Resolved version $VERSION (code $VERSION_CODE)"
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+            echo "Manual dispatch — re-sign path, not a release."
+            echo "is_release=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          # A tag for this version already existing means the release shipped on
+          # an earlier push; do nothing. Absent => this merge cuts the release.
+          STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w '%{http_code}' \
+            -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/git/refs/tags/v$VERSION")
+          if [ "$STATUS" = "200" ]; then
+            echo "Tag v$VERSION already exists — nothing to release."
+            echo "is_release=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo "No tag for v$VERSION yet — cutting the release."
+            echo "is_release=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
 
-      - name: Setup Gradle cache
+  # Releases: build + sign + publish, then mint the tag and Gitea release.
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
+  # Also runs on manual dispatch, where it skips the build and just re-signs and
-        with:
+  # re-uploads the existing index (recovery path).
-          path: |
+  release:
-            ~/.gradle/caches
+    needs: detect
-            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+    if: needs.detect.outputs.is_release == 'true' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties', 'gradle/libs.versions.toml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
-
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
-
-      # Lint already enforced on every push to main via ci.yaml.
-      # Release sanity only re-runs tests + a debug build to catch
-      # any tag-resolved drift (e.g. version code substitution issues).
-
-      - name: Unit tests
-        run: ./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
-
-      - name: Assemble debug APK (sanity)
-        run: ./gradlew assembleDebug
-
-  build-and-deploy:
-    needs: ci
     runs-on: docker
     env:
       ANDROID_HOME: /opt/android-sdk
       ANDROID_SDK_ROOT: /opt/android-sdk
+      VERSION: ${{ needs.detect.outputs.version }}
+      VERSION_CODE: ${{ needs.detect.outputs.version_code }}
+      IS_RELEASE: ${{ needs.detect.outputs.is_release }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -121,31 +130,26 @@ jobs:
             $SUDO apk add --no-cache jq
           fi
 
-      # Tag-only build steps. On a manual workflow_dispatch (ref = a branch,
+      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-      # not a tag) these are skipped: the job then just re-signs the existing
+        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
-      # index with the configured repo key and re-uploads — used for key
+
-      # rotation / repo recovery without publishing a new APK.
+      # The committed versionName is the source of truth. Pin versionCode to the
-      - name: Set version from git tag
+      # value derived from it so the published APK's code is always
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      # MAJOR*10000 + MINOR*100 + PATCH even if the committed code was forgotten.
+      - name: Pin versionCode to versionName
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         run: |
           set -e
-          RAW_TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}"
-          VERSION="${RAW_TAG#v}"
-          MAJOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f1)
-          MINOR=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f2)
-          PATCH=$(echo "$VERSION" | cut -d. -f3)
-          MAJOR=${MAJOR:-0}; MINOR=${MINOR:-0}; PATCH=${PATCH:-0}
-          VERSION_CODE=$(( MAJOR * 10000 + MINOR * 100 + PATCH ))
-          echo "Version: $VERSION, VersionCode: $VERSION_CODE"
-          sed -i "s/versionName = \".*\"/versionName = \"$VERSION\"/" app/build.gradle.kts
           sed -i "s/versionCode = .*/versionCode = $VERSION_CODE/" app/build.gradle.kts
           grep -E 'versionName|versionCode' app/build.gradle.kts
-          # Export for later steps (F-Droid changelog, mapping asset name).
+
-          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      # Test the exact commit being shipped (only on a real release).
-          echo "VERSION_CODE=$VERSION_CODE" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - name: Unit tests
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
+        run: ./gradlew testDebugUnitTest
 
       - name: Setup Android Keystore
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         env:
           KEYSTORE_BASE64: ${{ secrets.KEYSTORE_BASE64 }}
           KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.KEY_PASSWORD }}
@@ -160,11 +164,8 @@ jobs:
           storeFile=upload-keystore.jks
           EOF
 
-      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
-        run: chmod +x ./gradlew
-
       - name: Build release APK
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         run: ./gradlew assembleRelease
 
       - name: Setup F-Droid Server Tools
@@ -202,8 +203,7 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           # Fail loudly if the repo key is not configured. NEVER auto-generate
           # one: a fresh key changes the repo fingerprint and breaks every
-          # user's pinned repo. (Replaces the old `fdroid update --create-key`
+          # user's pinned repo.
-          # path, which silently rotated the key on a wiped server.)
           if [ -z "${FDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64:-}" ] || [ -z "${FDROID_CONFIG_BASE64:-}" ]; then
             echo "ERROR: FDROID_KEYSTORE_BASE64 / FDROID_CONFIG_BASE64 secrets are not set." >&2
             echo "Refusing to continue — will not auto-generate a new repo key." >&2
@@ -216,28 +216,23 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p fdroid/repo/icons
 
       - name: Copy new APK to repo
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         run: |
           set -e
           mkdir -p fdroid/repo
-          REF_NAME="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}"
+          cp app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk "fdroid/repo/calendula_v${VERSION}.apk"
-          SAFE_REF_NAME="$(echo "$REF_NAME" | tr '/ ' '__' | tr -cd '[:alnum:]_.-')"
-          if [ -z "$SAFE_REF_NAME" ]; then
-            SAFE_REF_NAME="${GITHUB_SHA:-manual}"
-          fi
-          cp app/build/outputs/apk/release/app-release.apk "fdroid/repo/calendula_${SAFE_REF_NAME}.apk"
 
       - name: Copy metadata to F-Droid repo
         run: |
           mkdir -p fdroid/metadata
           cp -r fdroid-metadata/* fdroid/metadata/
 
-      # Per-version "What's New" for F-Droid clients: the tag's CHANGELOG
+      # Per-version "What's New" for F-Droid clients: this version's CHANGELOG
       # section written to changelogs/<versionCode>.txt (same extraction as the
       # Gitea release notes). en-US only — F-Droid falls back to it for locales
       # without their own changelog. fdroid update bakes this into the index.
       - name: Generate F-Droid changelog for this version
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         run: |
           set -e
           awk -v ver="$VERSION" '
@@ -272,97 +267,46 @@ jobs:
           SFTP
           # Publish the signed repo/ plus metadata/ (descriptions, screenshots,
           # per-version changelogs) so changelog history survives across
-          # releases. keystore.p12 and config.yml are NEVER uploaded, so they
+          # releases. keystore.p12 and config.yml are NEVER uploaded.
-          # can't re-enter the web-served tree; nginx serves only repo/ anyway.
           sshpass -p "$PASS" scp $SSH_OPTS -r fdroid/repo fdroid/metadata "$USER@$HOST:dev/fdroid/"
 
-      # Archive the R8 mapping so user crash stacktraces stay deobfuscatable.
+      # The APK is published and the index re-signed — now record the release.
-      # Attached to the Gitea release (it's not an APK, so it fits the
+      # Creating it with target_commitish makes Gitea create the vX.Y.Z tag at
-      # no-binaries rule). Best-effort: never fail a release over it.
+      # this commit, so the tag only ever marks a fully-shipped release (and a
-      - name: Attach R8 mapping to Gitea release
+      # failure before here leaves no tag, so re-running the workflow retries).
-        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+      - name: Create tag + Gitea release
-        continue-on-error: true
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
         env:
           TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           API: ${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}
+          SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
         run: |
           set -e
-          MAP="app/build/outputs/mapping/release/mapping.txt"
+          TAG="v$VERSION"
-          if [ ! -f "$MAP" ]; then echo "No mapping.txt (R8 off?) — skipping."; exit 0; fi
+          # Notes = this version's CHANGELOG section.
-          TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}"
-          ASSET="mapping-${VERSION:-$TAG}.txt.gz"
-          gzip -c "$MAP" > "/tmp/$ASSET"
-          # The release is created by the gitea-release job; ensure it exists
-          # (idempotent) so this job doesn't race it to a 404.
-          ID=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/tags/$TAG" | jq -r '.id // empty')
-          if [ -z "$ID" ]; then
-            ID=$(curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              -d "{\"tag_name\":\"$TAG\",\"name\":\"$TAG\"}" \
-              "$API/releases" | jq -r '.id // empty')
-          fi
-          if [ -z "$ID" ]; then echo "Could not resolve release id — skipping."; exit 0; fi
-          # Replace any prior asset of the same name (re-run safe).
-          OLD=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/$ID/assets" \
-            | jq -r --arg n "$ASSET" '.[] | select(.name==$n) | .id')
-          [ -n "$OLD" ] && curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/$ID/assets/$OLD" >/dev/null || true
-          curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
-            -F "attachment=@/tmp/$ASSET" \
-            "$API/releases/$ID/assets?name=$ASSET" -o /dev/null -w "asset upload HTTP %{http_code}\n"
-
-  # A Gitea release per tag, carrying the tag's CHANGELOG section as its
-  # notes. Deliberately no APK assets — distribution stays with the F-Droid
-  # repo; the release is the human-readable record. Gated on the tests-only
-  # ci job (not the deploy) so notes appear even if the F-Droid upload has
-  # an infrastructure hiccup.
-  gitea-release:
-    needs: ci
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
-    runs-on: docker
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Extract changelog section for this tag
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}"
-          VERSION="${TAG#v}"
-          # Everything between "## [<version>]" and the next "## [" heading.
           awk -v ver="$VERSION" '
             $0 ~ "^## \\[" ver "\\]" { flag = 1; next }
             /^## \[/ { flag = 0 }
             flag' CHANGELOG.md > release-notes.md
-          # Trim leading blank lines.
           sed -i -e '/./,$!d' release-notes.md
           if [ ! -s release-notes.md ]; then
             echo "_No changelog entry for ${VERSION} — see CHANGELOG.md._" > release-notes.md
           fi
-          echo "--- release notes ---"
+          python3 - "$TAG" "$SHA" <<'PY' > payload.json
-          cat release-notes.md
-
-      - name: Create Gitea release
-        env:
-          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          API: ${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          TAG="${GITHUB_REF_NAME:-${GITHUB_REF##*/}}"
-          python3 - "$TAG" <<'PY' > payload.json
           import json, sys
           print(json.dumps({
               "tag_name": sys.argv[1],
+              "target_commitish": sys.argv[2],
               "name": sys.argv[1],
               "body": open("release-notes.md").read(),
               "draft": False,
               "prerelease": False,
           }))
           PY
-          # Upsert: the build-and-deploy job may have created a bare release
+          # Upsert (re-run safe): PATCH if a release for the tag already exists,
-          # first (to attach the mapping asset), so PATCH the notes if it
+          # else POST a new one (which also creates the tag at target_commitish).
-          # exists, otherwise POST a new one. Both paths are re-run safe.
           curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/tags/$TAG" > existing.json
-          ID=$(python3 -c "import json,sys; d=json.load(open('existing.json')); print(d.get('id',''))" 2>/dev/null || true)
+          ID=$(jq -r '.id // empty' existing.json 2>/dev/null || true)
           if [ -n "$ID" ]; then
             CODE=$(curl -s -o response.json -w '%{http_code}' -X PATCH \
               -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
@@ -376,6 +320,33 @@ jobs:
           fi
           cat response.json
           if [ "$CODE" != "$OK" ]; then
-            echo "Release upsert failed with HTTP $CODE (expected $OK)"
+            echo "Release upsert failed with HTTP $CODE (expected $OK)" >&2
             exit 1
           fi
+          echo "Created/updated release $TAG at $SHA"
+
+      # Archive the R8 mapping so user crash stacktraces stay deobfuscatable.
+      # Attached to the release (it's not an APK, so it fits the no-binaries
+      # rule). Best-effort: never fail a release over it.
+      - name: Attach R8 mapping to Gitea release
+        if: env.IS_RELEASE == 'true'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          API: ${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1/repos/${{ github.repository }}
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          MAP="app/build/outputs/mapping/release/mapping.txt"
+          if [ ! -f "$MAP" ]; then echo "No mapping.txt (R8 off?) — skipping."; exit 0; fi
+          TAG="v$VERSION"
+          ASSET="mapping-${VERSION}.txt.gz"
+          gzip -c "$MAP" > "/tmp/$ASSET"
+          ID=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/tags/$TAG" | jq -r '.id // empty')
+          if [ -z "$ID" ]; then echo "Could not resolve release id — skipping."; exit 0; fi
+          # Replace any prior asset of the same name (re-run safe).
+          OLD=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/$ID/assets" \
+            | jq -r --arg n "$ASSET" '.[] | select(.name==$n) | .id')
+          [ -n "$OLD" ] && curl -s -X DELETE -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" "$API/releases/$ID/assets/$OLD" >/dev/null || true
+          curl -s -X POST -H "Authorization: token $TOKEN" \
+            -F "attachment=@/tmp/$ASSET" \
+            "$API/releases/$ID/assets?name=$ASSET" -o /dev/null -w "asset upload HTTP %{http_code}\n"

.gitea/workflows/translations.yaml

@@ -4,11 +4,7 @@ name: Translations
 # only touch values-*/strings.xml) get quick feedback without the full Android
 # build. The deeper checks still run in CI via lintDebug (ExtraTranslation).
 on:
-  push:
+  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - '**'
-    tags-ignore:
-      - '**'
     paths:
       - 'app/src/main/res/values*/strings.xml'
       - 'app/src/main/res/xml/locales_config.xml'

app/build.gradle.kts

@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ android {
         applicationId = "de.jeanlucmakiola.calendula"
         minSdk = 29
         targetSdk = 36
-        // The git tag is the single source of truth for released builds: at
+        // These committed values ARE the source of truth for a release: merging
-        // release time .gitea/workflows/release.yaml derives both fields from
+        // a bumped versionName into main triggers .gitea/workflows/release.yaml,
-        // the tag, with versionCode = MAJOR*10000 + MINOR*100 + PATCH
+        // which builds this version and then creates the matching vX.Y.Z tag +
-        // (e.g. v2.0.0 -> 20000). These committed values are the dev/local
+        // release itself (versionCode is pinned to MAJOR*10000 + MINOR*100 +
-        // default; keep them matching the latest released tag. See docs/RELEASING.md.
+        // PATCH from versionName, e.g. 2.7.1 -> 20701). See docs/RELEASING.md.
         versionCode = 20701
         versionName = "2.7.1"
 

docs/RELEASING.md

@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 # Releasing Calendula
 
-Calendula is distributed through a self-hosted F-Droid repository. Every
+Calendula is distributed through a self-hosted F-Droid repository. A release is
-release is built, signed, and published automatically by
+built, signed, and published automatically by `.gitea/workflows/release.yaml`
-`.gitea/workflows/release.yaml` when a version tag is pushed.
+when a **bumped `versionName` reaches `main`** — the pipeline then creates the
+matching `vX.Y.Z` tag and Gitea release itself.
 
-## Versioning — the git tag is the single source of truth
+## Versioning — the committed version is the source of truth
 
-A release is defined by its tag, `vMAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` (e.g. `v2.1.0`). At
+A release is defined by the `versionName`/`versionCode` committed in
-release time the workflow derives both Gradle fields from the tag:
+`app/build.gradle.kts`:
 
-- `versionName` = the tag without the leading `v` (`2.1.0`)
+- `versionName` = `MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH` (e.g. `2.1.0`)
 - `versionCode` = `MAJOR*10000 + MINOR*100 + PATCH` (`2.1.0` → `20100`)
 
-So `MINOR` and `PATCH` each have room for 0–99. The values committed in
+So `MINOR` and `PATCH` each have room for 0–99. The release pipeline reads
-`app/build.gradle.kts` are only the dev/local default — CI overwrites them
+`versionName`, pins `versionCode` to the derived value, builds, and — once the
-from the tag. Keep the committed `versionCode`/`versionName` matching the
+APK is published — creates the tag `v<versionName>` at that commit. The tag is
-**latest released tag** so local builds are sanely versioned; the published
+an **output** of a successful release, not its trigger, so a tag always marks a
-value always comes from the tag.
+fully-shipped version (and a failure before publish leaves no tag, so re-running
+the workflow safely retries).
 
 Published version codes so far: `v0.1.0`→100 … `v1.0.0`→10000 … `v2.0.0`→20000.
 
@@ -29,8 +31,9 @@ Published version codes so far: `v0.1.0`→100 … `v1.0.0`→10000 … `v2.0.0`
    `## [X.Y.Z] — <date>` heading (Keep a Changelog format). The text between
    that heading and the next `## [` becomes both the Gitea release notes and
    the F-Droid per-version changelog.
-3. Bump the committed `versionCode`/`versionName` in `app/build.gradle.kts` to
+3. Bump the committed `versionName` (and `versionCode`) in
-   match the new version (keeps local builds tidy; CI overwrites from the tag).
+   `app/build.gradle.kts` to the new version. **This bump is what triggers the
+   release** when the branch merges to `main`.
 4. **Verify the release build on a real device** — the mandatory gate. The
    shipped APK is R8-shrunk/obfuscated, and bugs that only appear there, or
    only on first run, never show up in the debug build or on a device that
@@ -49,37 +52,39 @@ Published version codes so far: `v0.1.0`→100 … `v1.0.0`→10000 … `v2.0.0`
    - exercise this release's headline changes.
 
    Only proceed once all of that passes on-device.
-5. Merge `release/vX.Y.Z` into `main`, then tag and push:
+5. **Merge `release/vX.Y.Z` into `main`.** That's it — no manual tagging. The
-   ```bash
+   merge triggers `release.yaml`, which detects the new version, builds, signs,
-   git tag vX.Y.Z
+   publishes to F-Droid, and creates the `vX.Y.Z` tag + Gitea release. **Hold UI
-   git push origin vX.Y.Z
+   releases for on-device review and explicit go-ahead before merging.**
-   ```
-6. The push triggers the release workflow. **Hold UI releases for on-device
-   review and explicit go-ahead before tagging.**
 
 > The `releaseTest` build type exists only for step 4 — it is never published.
-> The pipeline always builds and signs the real `release` variant from the tag.
+> The pipeline always builds and signs the real `release` variant.
 
 ## What the pipeline does
 
-`release.yaml` has three jobs:
+CI and release are split so a change is built once on its PR and only does
+release work when a merge actually cuts a release:
 
-- **ci** — unit tests + a debug assemble (sanity).
+- **`ci.yaml`** (on `pull_request`) — lint + unit tests + a debug assemble (and
-- **build-and-deploy** — derives the version, builds & signs the release APK
+  a Trivy scan), once per PR. Docs/metadata-only PRs skip the Android build but
-  with the app key, copies it into the F-Droid repo, generates the per-version
+  still report a green `CI` check.
-  changelog, re-signs the F-Droid index with the **repo key**, uploads
+- **`release.yaml`** (on push to `main`, plus `workflow_dispatch`) — a cheap
-  `repo/` + `metadata/` to the box, and attaches the R8 `mapping.txt` to the
+  `detect` job reads `versionName` and checks whether a tag for it already
-  Gitea release (best-effort).
+  exists. Only when it doesn't does the `release` job run: unit tests on the
-- **gitea-release** — creates/updates the Gitea release carrying the tag's
+  merged commit, build & sign the release APK with the **app key**, copy it into
-  CHANGELOG section as notes. Gated on `ci` only (not the deploy) so notes
+  the F-Droid repo, generate the per-version changelog, re-sign the index with
-  publish even if the F-Droid upload hiccups.
+  the **repo key**, upload `repo/` + `metadata/`, then create the `vX.Y.Z` tag +
+  Gitea release (CHANGELOG section as notes) and attach the R8 `mapping.txt`
+  (best-effort). Ordinary merges with no version bump fall through `detect` and
+  do nothing.
 
 ### Manual re-sign / recovery
 
-A manual `workflow_dispatch` of the release workflow **from a branch** (not a
+A manual `workflow_dispatch` of the release workflow runs a **re-sign-only**
-tag) runs a **re-sign-only** path: it skips the APK build and just re-signs
+path: `detect` reports it's not a release, so the `release` job skips the APK
-the existing F-Droid index with the configured repo key and re-uploads. Use
+build, the version bump, and tag/release creation, and just re-signs the
-this for key rotation or repo recovery without publishing a new app version.
+existing F-Droid index with the configured repo key and re-uploads. Use this
+for key rotation or repo recovery without publishing a new app version.
 
 ## Secrets (Gitea → repo Settings → Actions → Secrets)
 

scripts/verify-release.sh

@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ echo "  3. Add both home-screen widgets and confirm they render (not a spinner).
 echo "  4. Exercise the release's headline changes end to end."
 echo
 echo "Watch for crashes with:  adb logcat -b crash"
-echo "Only tag the release once all of the above pass on a real device."
+echo "Only merge the release branch to main once all of the above pass on a device"
+echo "(the merge is what publishes the release — see docs/RELEASING.md)."