Removed publish workflow redundant prepare step

.github/workflows/release-publish.yml

@@ -12,46 +12,9 @@ permissions:
   id-token: write # Required for trusted publishing
 
 jobs:
-  prepare:
-    name: Prepare Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      actions: write
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.release-meta.outputs.tag }}
-      version: ${{ steps.release-meta.outputs.version }}
-      prerelease: ${{ steps.release-meta.outputs.prerelease }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Validate and derive release metadata
-        id: release-meta
-        run: |
-          TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}"
-          if [[ -z "$TAG" ]]; then
-            echo "::error::Missing tag input."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          if [[ ! "$TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.]+)?$ ]]; then
-            echo "::error::Invalid version tag format: $TAG"
-            echo "Expected format: v1.2.3 or v1.2.3-rc.1"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          VERSION="${TAG#v}"
-          if [[ "$TAG" == *-* ]]; then
-            PRERELEASE="true"
-          else
-            PRERELEASE="false"
-          fi
-          {
-            echo "tag=$TAG"
-            echo "version=$VERSION"
-            echo "prerelease=$PRERELEASE"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
   publish_pypi:
     name: Publish to PyPI
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: prepare
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write
@@ -63,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: refs/tags/${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup environment
@@ -80,7 +43,6 @@ jobs:
   publish_docker:
     name: Publish Docker Image
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: prepare
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write
@@ -89,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: refs/tags/${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v3
@@ -109,9 +71,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           REPO_LC="$(echo "${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
           IMAGE="ghcr.io/${REPO_LC}"
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
           TAGS="$IMAGE:$VERSION"
-          if [ "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.prerelease }}" = "false" ]; then
+          if [ "${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}" = "false" ]; then
             TAGS="$TAGS,$IMAGE:latest"
           fi
           echo "tags=$TAGS" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -122,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
           context: .
           push: true
           build-args: |
-            WBV_VERSION=${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}
+            WBV_VERSION=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           tags: ${{ steps.image-tags.outputs.tags }}
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           cache-from: type=gha
@@ -131,15 +93,14 @@ jobs:
   publish_hf_dataset:
     name: Publish HF Dataset
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: prepare
     permissions:
       contents: read
       actions: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: refs/tags/${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup environment
@@ -148,7 +109,7 @@ jobs:
           sync-args: --group dev
 
       - name: Build HF dataset artifacts
-        run: uv run inv dev.release.build-hf-dataset --version "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}"
+        run: uv run inv dev.release.build-hf-dataset --version "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
 
       - name: Test HF dataset artifacts (local parity)
         run: uv run pytest tests/dataset/test_hf_dataset.py -v --hf-dataset-ref output/build/hf_dataset
@@ -158,22 +119,21 @@ jobs:
           HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           uv run inv dev.release.upload-hf-dataset \
-            --version "${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}" \
+            --version "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" \
             --folder-path output/build/hf_dataset \
             --token "${HF_TOKEN}"
 
   publish_docs:
     name: Publish Docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: prepare
     permissions:
       contents: write
       actions: write
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          ref: refs/tags/${{ needs.prepare.outputs.tag }}
+          ref: refs/tags/${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Setup environment
@@ -188,6 +148,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Deploy release docs
         run: |
-          VERSION="${{ needs.prepare.outputs.version }}"
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
           uv run mike deploy --push --update-aliases "$VERSION" latest
           uv run mike set-default --push latest