tests: skip the release draft step test on Windows

There `bash` is the WSL launcher (no distribution on GitHub's runners), so
the step couldn't run; it only ever runs on ubuntu-latest.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -16,8 +16,12 @@ permissions:
 jobs:
   # One job makes the draft, before the builds: three matrix jobs each running
   # "view || create" could race and make duplicate drafts. The draft is tied to
-  # the pushed tag (--verify-tag, then tag_name set explicitly), so
-  # scripts/publish-release.sh and `gh release upload` find it by tag.
+  # the pushed tag (the tag must already exist on GitHub, then tag_name is set
+  # explicitly), so scripts/publish-release.sh and `gh release upload` find it
+  # by tag. It is created with the REST API so the id comes straight back: the
+  # release list can lag a fresh draft (v0.4.2's first run found nothing and
+  # PATCHed releases/ with an empty id). tests/test_release_workflow.py runs
+  # this step against tests/fakegh.
   draft:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -28,11 +32,16 @@ jobs:
           GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
         run: |
           tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          # A rerun finds the draft an earlier attempt made.
           id=$(gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" --jq ".[] | select(.tag_name == \"$tag\") | .id" | head -n 1)
           if [ -z "$id" ]; then
-            gh release create "$tag" --draft --verify-tag --title "Frame Control ${tag#v}" --notes ""
-            id=$(gh api --paginate "repos/$GH_REPO/releases?per_page=100" --jq ".[] | select(.draft and .name == \"Frame Control ${tag#v}\") | .id" | head -n 1)
+            # Given a missing tag, GitHub would create it on the default branch.
+            gh api "repos/$GH_REPO/git/ref/tags/$tag" >/dev/null \
+              || { echo "tag $tag isn't on GitHub" >&2; exit 1; }
+            id=$(gh api -X POST "repos/$GH_REPO/releases" -f tag_name="$tag" -f name="Frame Control ${tag#v}" \
+              -F draft=true -f body="" --jq .id)
           fi
+          [ -n "$id" ] || { echo "no release id for $tag; not PATCHing releases/" >&2; exit 1; }
           gh api -X PATCH "repos/$GH_REPO/releases/$id" -f tag_name="$tag" --jq '"release " + (.id|tostring) + " tag_name " + .tag_name'
 
   build:

tests/fakegh/gh

@@ -1,11 +1,17 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
-"""A stand-in for the GitHub CLI's `gh api`, for tests/test_publish_release.py. Serves
-the releases in $FAKEGH_RELEASES (a JSON list, drafts included) and the tags in
-$FAKEGH_TAGS (space-separated); an upload's body is written to $FAKEGH_UPLOAD.
-Every call is appended to $FAKEGH_LOG as a JSON line. Anything else fails, so the
-script under test can't fall back to `gh release ...` (GraphQL) unnoticed."""
+"""A stand-in for the GitHub CLI's `gh api`, for tests/test_publish_release.py and
+tests/test_release_workflow.py. Serves the releases in $FAKEGH_RELEASES (a JSON list,
+drafts included) and the tags in $FAKEGH_TAGS (space-separated); an upload's body is
+written to $FAKEGH_UPLOAD. Every call is appended to $FAKEGH_LOG as a JSON line.
+Anything else fails, so the script under test can't fall back to `gh release ...`
+(GraphQL) unnoticed. POST .../releases (release.yml's draft step) answers as release
+$FAKEGH_NEW_ID (default 9001) without adding it to the listing, like GitHub's list
+lagging a fresh draft. With jq installed, --jq filters a response the way gh does
+(raw strings, compact JSON)."""
 import json
 import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
 import sys
 
 args = sys.argv[1:]
@@ -14,7 +20,7 @@ with open(os.environ["FAKEGH_LOG"], "a") as f:
 if not args or args[0] != "api":
     sys.exit("fakegh: only `gh api` is supported: %r" % args)
 
-method, endpoint, fields, inp, i = "GET", None, {}, None, 1
+method, endpoint, fields, inp, jq, i = "GET", None, {}, None, None, 1
 while i < len(args):
     a = args[i]
     if a == "-X":
@@ -23,7 +29,9 @@ while i < len(args):
         k, _, v = args[i + 1].partition("="); fields[k] = v; i += 2
     elif a == "--input":
         inp = args[i + 1]; i += 2
-    elif a in ("-H", "--jq"):
+    elif a == "--jq":
+        jq = args[i + 1]; i += 2
+    elif a == "-H":
         i += 2
     elif a.startswith("-"):
         i += 1
@@ -34,14 +42,34 @@ while i < len(args):
 
 releases = json.load(open(os.environ["FAKEGH_RELEASES"]))
 repo = "repos/saphid/frame-control/"
+
+
+def answer(response, fallback):
+    """Print response through --jq when jq is here, else the fixed fallback text."""
+    if jq and shutil.which("jq"):
+        out = subprocess.run(["jq", "-r", "-c", jq], input=json.dumps(response),
+                             stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, universal_newlines=True)
+        sys.stdout.write(out.stdout)
+        if out.returncode:
+            sys.exit("fakegh: jq failed: " + out.stderr)
+    else:
+        print(fallback)
+
+
 if method == "GET" and endpoint.startswith(repo + "git/ref/tags/"):
     tag = endpoint.rsplit("/", 1)[1]
     if tag not in os.environ.get("FAKEGH_TAGS", "").split():
         sys.exit("gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)")
     print(json.dumps({"ref": "refs/tags/" + tag}))
 elif method == "GET" and endpoint.startswith(repo + "releases?"):
-    for r in releases:  # what --jq '.[]' prints
-        print(json.dumps(r))
+    # The fallback is what --jq '.[]' prints.
+    answer(releases, "\n".join(json.dumps(r) for r in releases))
+elif method == "POST" and endpoint == repo + "releases":
+    new = {"id": int(os.environ.get("FAKEGH_NEW_ID", "9001")), "tag_name": fields.get("tag_name"),
+           "name": fields.get("name"), "draft": fields.get("draft") == "true",
+           "body": fields.get("body"), "assets": [],
+           "html_url": "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/tag/untagged-be29e900f7855d794136"}
+    answer(new, json.dumps(new))
 elif method == "DELETE" and endpoint.startswith(repo + "releases/assets/"):
     pass
 elif method == "POST" and endpoint.startswith("https://uploads.github.com/" + repo + "releases/"):
@@ -49,7 +77,11 @@ elif method == "POST" and endpoint.startswith("https://uploads.github.com/" + re
         dst.write(src.read())
     print("{}")
 elif method == "PATCH" and endpoint.startswith(repo + "releases/"):
-    print("published %s at https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/tag/%s"
-          % (fields.get("tag_name"), fields.get("tag_name")))
+    rid = endpoint[len(repo + "releases/"):]
+    if not rid.isdigit():  # what GitHub said to v0.4.2's PATCH of releases/ (an empty id)
+        sys.exit("gh: Not Found (HTTP 404)")
+    page = "https://github.com/saphid/frame-control/releases/tag/%s" % fields.get("tag_name")
+    answer({"id": int(rid), "tag_name": fields.get("tag_name"), "html_url": page},
+           "published %s at %s" % (fields.get("tag_name"), page))
 else:
     sys.exit("fakegh: unhandled %s %s" % (method, endpoint))

tests/test_release_workflow.py

@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+"""The "Create the draft release" step of .github/workflows/release.yml, taken out of
+the workflow and run with bash (as Actions runs it) against a stand-in gh
+(tests/fakegh/gh): a new draft's id comes straight from the POST even when the
+release list doesn't show it yet (v0.4.2's first run), a rerun reuses the draft
+found by tag_name, and a tag that isn't on GitHub stops it. Nothing here talks to
+GitHub.
+
+Run: python3 -m unittest discover -s tests
+"""
+import sandbox  # noqa: F401  (first: keeps tests off real data and services)
+import json
+import os
+import shutil
+import subprocess
+import tempfile
+import textwrap
+import unittest
+from pathlib import Path
+
+ROOT = Path(__file__).resolve().parent.parent
+WORKFLOW = ROOT / ".github" / "workflows" / "release.yml"
+FAKEGH = ROOT / "tests" / "fakegh"
+STEP = "- name: Create the draft release"
+
+
+def step_script():
+    """The step's `run: |` block, dedented."""
+    lines = WORKFLOW.read_text().splitlines()
+    i = next(n for n, line in enumerate(lines) if line.strip() == STEP)
+    while lines[i].strip() != "run: |":
+        i += 1
+    indent = len(lines[i]) - len(lines[i].lstrip())
+    body = []
+    for line in lines[i + 1:]:
+        if line.strip() and len(line) - len(line.lstrip()) <= indent:
+            break
+        body.append(line)
+    return textwrap.dedent("\n".join(body)).strip() + "\n"
+
+
+def release(rid, tag_name, name="Frame Control 9.8.7", draft=True):
+    return {"id": rid, "tag_name": tag_name, "name": name, "draft": draft, "assets": []}
+
+
+# The step only runs on ubuntu-latest. On Windows `bash` is often the WSL launcher
+# (with no distribution on GitHub's runners), not a bash that can run tests/fakegh.
+@unittest.skipUnless(os.name != "nt" and shutil.which("bash") and shutil.which("jq"),
+                     "needs a POSIX bash and jq (for gh --jq); the step runs on ubuntu only")
+class DraftStep(unittest.TestCase):
+    def run_step(self, releases, tags="v9.8.7", tag="v9.8.7"):
+        d = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
+        (d / "step.sh").write_text(step_script())
+        (d / "releases.json").write_text(json.dumps(releases))
+        env = dict(os.environ, PATH="%s:%s" % (FAKEGH, os.environ["PATH"]),
+                   FAKEGH_RELEASES=str(d / "releases.json"), FAKEGH_TAGS=tags,
+                   FAKEGH_LOG=str(d / "log"), GITHUB_REF_NAME=tag, GH_REPO="saphid/frame-control")
+        p = subprocess.run(["bash", "--noprofile", "--norc", "-eo", "pipefail", str(d / "step.sh")],
+                           env=env, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE,
+                           universal_newlines=True, timeout=30)
+        log = [json.loads(line) for line in (d / "log").read_text().splitlines()] if (d / "log").exists() else []
+        return p, log
+
+    def posts(self, log):
+        return [c for c in log if c[1:4] == ["-X", "POST", "repos/saphid/frame-control/releases"]]
+
+    def patches(self, log):
+        return [c for c in log if c[1:3] == ["-X", "PATCH"]]
+
+    def test_new_draft_uses_the_id_the_post_returns(self):
+        # The list doesn't show the fresh draft (it never does in the fake): v0.4.2's case.
+        p, log = self.run_step([])
+        self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0, p.stderr + p.stdout)
+        [post] = self.posts(log)
+        for f in ("tag_name=v9.8.7", "name=Frame Control 9.8.7", "draft=true"):
+            self.assertIn(f, post)
+        self.assertIn(["api", "repos/saphid/frame-control/git/ref/tags/v9.8.7"], log)
+        [patch] = self.patches(log)
+        self.assertEqual(patch[3], "repos/saphid/frame-control/releases/9001")
+        self.assertIn("tag_name=v9.8.7", patch)
+        self.assertIn("release 9001 tag_name v9.8.7", p.stdout)
+        self.assertTrue(all(c[0] == "api" for c in log))  # never `gh release ...`
+
+    def test_a_rerun_reuses_the_draft_with_the_tag(self):
+        p, log = self.run_step([release(7, "v9.8.6", "Frame Control 9.8.6"), release(42, "v9.8.7")])
+        self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0, p.stderr + p.stdout)
+        self.assertEqual(self.posts(log), [])
+        [patch] = self.patches(log)
+        self.assertEqual(patch[3], "repos/saphid/frame-control/releases/42")
+
+    def test_other_releases_alone_mean_a_new_draft(self):
+        p, log = self.run_step([release(7, "v9.8.6", "Frame Control 9.8.6", draft=False),
+                                release(8, "v9.8.70", "Frame Control 9.8.70")])
+        self.assertEqual(p.returncode, 0, p.stderr + p.stdout)
+        self.assertEqual(len(self.posts(log)), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(self.patches(log)[0][3], "repos/saphid/frame-control/releases/9001")
+
+    def test_stops_when_the_tag_is_not_on_github(self):
+        p, log = self.run_step([], tags="")
+        self.assertNotEqual(p.returncode, 0)
+        self.assertIn("tag v9.8.7 isn't on GitHub", p.stderr)
+        self.assertEqual(self.posts(log), [])
+        self.assertEqual(self.patches(log), [])
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    unittest.main()