Ready the repo for the 4.0.0rc1 release candidate - #474
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4.0 goes out as a candidate line rather than one stable tag: the reader rewrite needs real projects pointed at it before it can be called done. Three things had to be true for a `4.0.0rc1` tag to mean that, and one of them already was. Version.swift said `3.0.1-pre.69b32fe`. release.yml has stamped the tag into it since the version-reporting fix, so the *released* binary was never wrong -- but `--HEAD` and `@main` builds report this string, and it named the wrong major line. It now says `4.0.0-pre`. Deliberately not `4.0.0-rc.1`: main is not the candidate, the tag is, and hardcoding a version main has not reached is the lie the stamping step exists to prevent. The release body now comes from docs/release-notes/, which is where the 4.0 notes have been sitting unread while releases published a bare generated changelog. The notes are looked up per X.Y.Z, so `4.0.0rc1` and `4.0.0` resolve to the same document and cannot drift; a version with no document falls back to generated notes rather than failing a release that is already built and notarized. --generate-notes stays, because gh prepends --notes-file to it rather than replacing it, so the body reads as the curated document followed by the automatic changelog. This needs the release job to see the tree, so it gains a sparse, credential-free checkout of docs/release-notes alone. A candidate also has to announce itself. The pre-release banner is generated per tag rather than written into the document -- the document is shared with the final release -- and it names the real tag and the real asset, so the install line on the page is the one that works. Prerelease detection needed nothing: `*rc*` already covers `4.0.0rc1`, `--prerelease` already keeps it off "Latest", the bump job already skips candidates, and pages-release.yml is already stable-only, so no demo is published for a candidate. Tag filters are untouched -- `4.0.0rc1` matches the existing `[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+` pattern. Moving to v-prefixed semver tags is a separate change and is filed separately. The notes also pick up the fixes that landed after they were drafted: output-directory creation (#446), the unresolved-log and failed-payload faults (#386, #388), attachment filename escaping (#463), and the accessibility pass (#462).
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Estimated code review effort: 3 (Moderate) | ~25 minutes Merge Risk: ⚪ Minimal · up to The PR prepares the 4.0.0rc1 release metadata, notes, and version reporting without introducing a supported merge-blocking risk; it is merge-ready after normal checks and review. Sequence Diagram(s)sequenceDiagram
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In `@docs/release-notes/4.0.0.md`:
- Around line 19-34: Remove the hard-coded 4.0.0rc1 installation command,
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The RC preamble pinned `4.0.0rc1` in its install command and named `xchtmlreport-4.0.0rc1.zip` as the asset. release.yml resolves notes per X.Y.Z, so this one document is also published for 4.0.0rc2 and for 4.0.0 final -- where both values are simply wrong. Concrete tag and asset names belong in the pre-release banner, which is generated per tag and already carries them. The document keeps the generic form and describes the candidate line rather than any one candidate. Caught in review on #474.
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4.0 goes out as a candidate line rather than one stable tag: the reader rewrite needs real projects pointed at it before it can be called done. This makes the repo ready for a
4.0.0rc1tag. It does not tag anything — the tag is pushed after this merges.The tag is
4.0.0rc1, and the plumbing for it already workedWorth stating up front, because it is the reason this PR is small.
4.0.0rc1matches the existing[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+filter,*rc*already setsprerelease=true,--prereleasealready keeps a release off "Latest",bump_versionalready skips candidates, andpages-release.ymlis already stable-only so no demo render is published for an RC. Tag filters are untouched.Moving to v-prefixed semver tags (
v4.0.0-rc.1) would have meant changing four workflows plusassemble_site.py, and an RC release PR is the wrong vehicle for that. Filed as #473 with the full change list.What actually changed
Version.swift:3.0.1-pre.69b32fe→4.0.0-prerelease.ymlhas stamped the tag into this file since the version-reporting fix, so the released binary was never wrong. Butbrew install --HEADandmint install …@mainbuilds report this string, and it named the wrong major line.Deliberately not
4.0.0-rc.1: main is not the candidate, the tag is. Hardcoding a version main has not reached is exactly the lie the stamping step exists to prevent.The release body now comes from
docs/release-notes/The 4.0 notes have been sitting unread while releases published a bare generated changelog. Now wired in:
X.Y.Z, so4.0.0rc1and4.0.0resolve to the same document and cannot drift.--generate-notesstays:ghprepends--notes-fileto it rather than replacing it, so the body reads as the curated document followed by the automatic changelog and contributor list.docs/release-notesalone. On a tag push that checkout is the tag, so a release publishes the notes as they stood at the commit it was cut from.A candidate announces itself
The pre-release banner is generated per tag rather than written into the document — the document is shared with the final release — and it names the real tag and the real asset, so the install line on the page is one that works:
Important
4.0.0rc1 is a release candidate, published as a pre-release.
brew install xctesthtmlreportandmint install XCTestHTMLReport/XCTestHTMLReportkeep resolving to the latest stable release, so this one is opt-in:Or download
xchtmlreport-4.0.0rc1.zipbelow: a signed, notarized universal binary.Release notes: RC preamble + the fixes that landed after the draft
An RC-cycle preamble explains that
4.0.0rc1is the migration plus a conservative refresh, and that the Xcode-native redesign lands from4.0.0rc2on. Plus the fixes the draft predates: output-directory creation (#446), the unresolved-log and failed-payload faults (#386, #388), attachment filename escaping (#463), and the accessibility pass (#462). The CI fixture gate (#454) is noted as release-integrity rather than user-facing.README pins no version anywhere, so it needed no change.
What a
4.0.0rc1tag push will do[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+→release.ymlruns.pages-release.ymldoes not (stable-only).version=4.0.0rc1,base_version=4.0.0,prerelease=true,archive_name=xchtmlreport-4.0.0rc1.zip.let version = "4.0.0rc1", builds arm64 + x86_64, lipos, and fails the run if--versiondoes not print4.0.0rc1.docs/release-notes/4.0.0.mdbehind the RC banner.gh release create 4.0.0rc1 --generate-notes --verify-tag --notes-file release-body.md --prerelease …→ published as a pre-release, not Latest.bump_versionskips (prerelease != 'true'is false).Verification
swift testgreen both legs —XCHR_RESULT_READER=autoand=modern, 140 tests, 0 failures, 3 skipped each.zizmor --min-severity low .github/workflows/— no findings, run at CI's pinned 1.29.0.actionlint— oneSC2129style nit, pre-existing onmainin the dry-run-summary step, untouched here.swiftformat --lint/swiftlintclean.4.0.0rc1,4.0.0,3.0.1rc1and the dry-run path; release-body composition executed against the real notes file.4.0.0-pre.Summary by CodeRabbit
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