refactor(workflows): update release refs to stable in CI configurations

Port 1.5

.github/workflows/dms-stable.yml

@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ jobs:
           git push "https://x-access-token:${GH_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git" HEAD:refs/heads/stable --force
 
   cut-release-branch:
-    # create release/X.Y at each vX.Y.0 tag
+    # create stable-X.Y at each vX.Y.0 tag
     if: ${{ !contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ jobs:
             echo "not a vX.Y.0 tag, no release branch to cut"
             exit 0
           fi
-          branch="release/${BASH_REMATCH[1]}.${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+          branch="stable-${BASH_REMATCH[1]}.${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
           if git ls-remote --exit-code origin "refs/heads/${branch}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
             echo "${branch} already exists"
             exit 0

.github/workflows/go-ci.yml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
       - "core/**"
       - ".github/workflows/go-ci.yml"
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master, main, "release/**"]
+    branches: [master, main, "stable-*"]
     paths:
       - "core/**"
       - ".github/workflows/go-ci.yml"

.github/workflows/nix-pr-check.yml

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Nix flake and NixOS tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master, main, "release/**"]
+    branches: [master, main, "stable-*"]
     paths:
       - "flake.*"
       - "distro/nix/**"

.github/workflows/point-release.yml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 name: Point release
 
-# Cuts vX.Y.Z from release/X.Y: runs the port audit (warn-only), bumps
+# Cuts vX.Y.Z from stable-X.Y: runs the port audit (warn-only), bumps
 # quickshell/VERSION, tags, and dispatches the Release workflow. Distro
 # builds are dispatched separately.
 
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
           if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
             echo "::error::version must be X.Y.Z (got '$VERSION')"; exit 1
           fi
-          echo "branch=release/${VERSION%.*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "branch=stable-${VERSION%.*}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           echo "tag=v${VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Create GitHub App token

.github/workflows/port.yml

@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: Port to release branch
 
-# Ports flagged commits from master onto release/X.Y branches:
+# Ports flagged commits from master onto stable-X.Y branches:
 #   - "port 1.5" flag in a commit message pushed to master — own line or
-#     mid-line; separators : / - or space; "release/1.5" also accepted;
+#     mid-line; separators : / - or space; "stable-1.5" also accepted;
 #     comma lists ("Port: 1.5, 1.4") work in the own-line form
-#   - "port release/1.5" label on a merged PR
+#   - "port stable-1.5" label on a merged PR
 # Conflicts are reported to the "Port status: <branch>" tracking issue.
 
 on:
@@ -59,16 +59,16 @@ jobs:
             # own-line form (supports comma lists), validated version-shaped
             t1=$(git log -1 --format=%B "$sha" |
               { grep -iE '^Port[:/ -]' || true; } | sed -E 's|^port[-:/ ]+||I' | tr ',' '\n' |
-              sed 's/[[:space:]]//g; /^$/d' | sed 's|^release/||I' |
+              sed 's/[[:space:]]//g; /^$/d' | sed -E 's,^stable-,,I' |
               { grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?$' || true; })
             # mid-line form, e.g. "fix thing fixes #2802 port 1.5"
             t2=$(git log -1 --format=%B "$sha" |
-              { grep -oiE '\bport[-: /]+(release/)?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\b' || true; } |
-              sed -E 's|^port[-:/ ]+||I' | sed 's|^release/||I')
+              { grep -oiE '\bport[-: /]+(stable-)?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)?\b' || true; } |
+              sed -E 's|^port[-:/ ]+||I' | sed -E 's,^stable-,,I')
             targets=$(printf '%s\n%s\n' "$t1" "$t2" | sed '/^$/d' | sort -u)
             for ver in $targets; do
-              echo "::group::port $sha -> release/$ver"
-              bash scripts/port.sh "release/$ver" "$sha"
+              echo "::group::port $sha -> stable-$ver"
+              bash scripts/port.sh "stable-$ver" "$sha"
               echo "::endgroup::"
             done
           done
@@ -90,12 +90,12 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "dms-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
 
           targets=$(jq -r '.[] | select(startswith("port ")) | sub("^port +"; "")' <<<"$LABELS" |
-            sed 's|^release/||' | sort -u)
+            sed -E 's,^stable-,,' | sort -u)
           [ -n "$targets" ] || { echo "no port labels, nothing to do"; exit 0; }
           [ -n "$MERGE_SHA" ] || { echo "::error::PR has no merge commit sha"; exit 1; }
 
           for ver in $targets; do
-            echo "::group::port PR #${PORT_SOURCE_PR} ($MERGE_SHA) -> release/$ver"
-            bash scripts/port.sh "release/$ver" "$MERGE_SHA"
+            echo "::group::port PR #${PORT_SOURCE_PR} ($MERGE_SHA) -> stable-$ver"
+            bash scripts/port.sh "stable-$ver" "$MERGE_SHA"
             echo "::endgroup::"
           done

.github/workflows/prek.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: Pre-commit Checks
 on:
   push:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master, main, "release/**"]
+    branches: [master, main, "stable-*"]
 jobs:
   pre-commit-check:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest

scripts/port-audit.sh

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #
 # Usage: port-audit.sh [<target-branch>] [--issue]
 #
-# Target defaults to the newest origin/release/* branch. --issue writes the
+# Target defaults to the newest origin/stable-* branch. --issue writes the
 # report to the "Port status: <target>" tracking issue body (needs gh auth).
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -19,9 +19,9 @@ done
 git fetch origin --quiet 2>/dev/null || true
 
 if [ -z "$TARGET" ]; then
-  TARGET=$(git branch -r --list 'origin/release/*' --format='%(refname:short)' |
+  TARGET=$(git branch -r --list 'origin/stable-*' --format='%(refname:short)' |
     sed 's|^origin/||' | sort -V | tail -1)
-  [ -n "$TARGET" ] || { echo "error: no origin/release/* branch found" >&2; exit 1; }
+  [ -n "$TARGET" ] || { echo "error: no origin/stable-* branch found" >&2; exit 1; }
 fi
 git rev-parse --verify "origin/${TARGET}" >/dev/null 2>&1 ||
   { echo "error: branch origin/${TARGET} not found" >&2; exit 1; }
@@ -42,8 +42,8 @@ flagged=""
 fix_count=0
 other_count=0
 flagged_count=0
-VER="${TARGET#release/}"
-FLAG_RE="\\bport[-: /]+(release/)?${VER//./\\.}\\b"
+VER="${TARGET#stable-}"
+FLAG_RE="\\bport[-: /]+(stable-)?${VER//./\\.}\\b"
 while read -r mark sha; do
   [ "$mark" = "+" ] || continue
   [ -n "${PORTED[$sha]:-}" ] && continue

scripts/port.sh

@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ report_conflict() {
   local sha="$1" short subject branch issue
   short=$(git rev-parse --short "$sha")
   subject=$(git log -1 --format=%s "$sha")
-  branch="port/${short}-${TARGET#release/}"
+  local ver="${TARGET#stable-}"
+  branch="port/${short}-${ver}"
   git push origin "refs/remotes/origin/${TARGET}:refs/heads/${branch}" 2>/dev/null ||
     log "conflict branch ${branch} already exists"
   issue=$(tracking_issue)