feat: Added systematic copying of early-access releases

Author: jruaux

gha_clone_releases/main.py

@@ -166,6 +166,19 @@ def main():
         target = this_repo.default_branch if inputs["target"] is None else inputs["target"]
         actions_toolkit.debug(f"Target branch is {target}")
         try:
+            # Special handling for early-access releases
+            if release.tag_name == "early-access":
+                actions_toolkit.info(f"Special handling for early-access release - checking if it already exists")
+                # Find and delete existing early-access release if it exists
+                existing_releases = [r for r in this_repo.get_releases() if r.tag_name == "early-access"]
+                if existing_releases:
+                    actions_toolkit.info("Found existing early-access release, deleting it before recreating")
+                    for existing_release in existing_releases:
+                        try:
+                            existing_release.delete_release()
+                            actions_toolkit.info("Successfully deleted existing early-access release")
+                        except Exception as del_exc:
+                            actions_toolkit.error(f"Error deleting existing early-access release: {del_exc}")
             new_release = this_repo.create_git_release(
                 tag=release.tag_name,
                 name=release.title,

gha_clone_releases/utils/releases.py

@@ -40,9 +40,16 @@ def sort_key(release: GitRelease):
     actions_toolkit.debug(f"Source releases: {source_releases}")
     actions_toolkit.debug(f"Dest releases: {dest_releases}")
 
+    early_access_releases = []
     wrapped_sources = set()
     for release in source_releases:
-        if release.tag_name == "early-access" or exceeds_min_version(release.title, min_version):
+        if release.tag_name == "early-access":
+            actions_toolkit.debug(
+                f"Source release: {release.title} has early-access tag, copy to destination"
+            )
+            # Store early-access releases separately
+            early_access_releases.append(release)
+        elif exceeds_min_version(release.title, min_version):
             actions_toolkit.debug(
                 f"Source release: {release.title} is early-access or greater than {min_version}, will copy to destination"
             )
@@ -57,7 +64,9 @@ def sort_key(release: GitRelease):
         actions_toolkit.debug(f"Dest release: {release.title}")
         wrapped_dest_releases.add(ReleaseWrapper(release))
 
-    releases = [release.release for release in list(wrapped_sources - wrapped_dest_releases)]
+    standard_releases_to_add = [release.release for release in list(wrapped_sources - wrapped_dest_releases)]
+
+    releases = standard_releases_to_add + early_access_releases
     releases.sort(key=lambda release: release.published_at, reverse=True)
     actions_toolkit.debug(f"Releases to add: {releases}")
     return releases