The most significant changes to the code involve the restructuring of…

… job sequences and the introduction of a new input parameter `CreateRelease` in the `build-and-release.yml` file. This parameter is used to determine whether a new release should be created or not. The jobs to create a tag and a release draft, as well as the job to upload the MSI to the release, are now conditional based on this parameter. The job to upload a build artifact has been moved up in the sequence, while the job to upload the MSI to the release has been moved down. A job to upload a build artifact that was previously at the end of the sequence has been removed.

Changes:

1. The `build-and-release.yml` file has been updated to include a new input parameter `CreateRelease` with a default value of `false`. This parameter is used to determine whether a new release should be created or not.
2. The job to upload a build artifact has been moved up in the sequence of jobs. It now runs before the jobs to create a tag and a release draft.
3. The jobs to create a tag and a release draft, as well as the job to upload the MSI to the release, are now conditional. They only run if the `CreateRelease` input parameter is set to `true`.
4. The job to upload the MSI to the release has been moved down in the sequence of jobs. It now runs after the jobs to create a tag and a release draft.
5. The job to upload a build artifact that was previously at the end of the sequence of jobs has been removed.

.github/workflows/build-and-release.yml

@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: boolean
         default: false
+      CreateRelease:
+        description: "Create Release"
+        required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 
 name: 🏗️ Build & Release
 run-name: 🏗️ Build Create release draft for ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
@@ -78,21 +83,24 @@ jobs:
       - name: 🏭 Build MSI
         run: dotnet build ${{env.MSI_PROJECT_PATH}} -c=Release -o=${{env.MSI_PROJECT_OUTPUT}} -p:Version=${{env.VERSION}} -p:AppDir=${{env.APP_PROJECT_OUTPUT}} -p:OutputName=${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}} -p:SourceRevisionId=${{ github.sha }}
 
+      - name: 📤 Upload a Build Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: ${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}}
+          path: ${{env.MSI_PROJECT_OUTPUT}}/${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}}.msi
+
       - name: 🏷️ Create tag ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
+        if: github.event.inputs.CreateRelease
         run: |
             git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
             git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
 
       - name: 📝 Create release draft ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
+        if: github.event.inputs.CreateRelease
         run: |
             gh release create ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }} --target ${{ github.ref }} --draft --title "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" --generate-notes --prerelease --draft
 
-      - name: 📤 Upload a Build Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.1
-        with:
-          name: ${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}}
-          path: ${{env.MSI_PROJECT_OUTPUT}}/${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}}.msi
-
       - name: 📤 Upload MSI to release ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }}
+        if: github.event.inputs.CreateRelease
         run: |
             gh release upload ${{ github.event.inputs.Version }} ${{env.MSI_PROJECT_OUTPUT}}/${{env.MSI_FILE_NAME}}.msi