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[wip] automate versioned Homebrew formula publishing

Erik Seliger requested to merge kr/automate-version-publishing into main

Created by: courier-new

This is the initial, simpler solution to https://github.com/sourcegraph/src-cli/issues/862 which assumes we continue to publish src-cli the way we typically have, i.e. only ever releasing a new latest version. It assumes that the newer a tag is, the later the version is. This is absolutely not a good assumption to make most of the time, however it turns out to be remarkably realistic for our repository. With the exception of the 4.0.0-rc release, we have not had a patch release on an older major version since March of 2020.

It adds a goreleaser-pre step which:

  • Fetches the current/new and previous version tags
  • Converts the current "main" formula in the Homebrew tap repository into a versioned formula

It then lets goreleaser run like normal, which will update the main Homebrew formula.

It then also adds a goreleaser-post step which:

  • Updates the symlink for the new latest version

Test plan

  • Set up fork of Homebrew tap repo as if 4.0.1 was the latest release (main formula is for 4.0.1, versioned formulas up to 4.0.0, symlink for 4.0.1)
  • Update GH action to skip goreleaser step (don't want to actually publish anything new), point pre and post steps at fork repo
  • Trigger action
  • Observed expected results (main formula is converted into versioned formula, symlink for 4.0.2, no other side effects)

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