Break 'version.json' stuff out to a separate workflow.

.github/workflows/publish-version-json.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: Publish Version JSON
+
+on:
+  # Allow manual triggering
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # Allow other workflows (e.g. Publish) to invoke this one.
+  workflow_call:
+
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+
+jobs:
+  publish-version:
+    name: Publish version.json
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+    - name: Generate version.json
+      run: |
+        # Get the commit short SHA (8 characters) expected by the backend
+        COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
+
+        # Get the commit timestamp in Unix format
+        COMMIT_TIMESTAMP=$(git show -s --format=%ct HEAD)
+
+        # Create version.json with the expected format for RPC#checkforupdates()
+        jq -n \
+          --arg commit_id "$COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
+          --argjson commit_timestamp "$COMMIT_TIMESTAMP" \
+          '{
+            changeset: {
+              id: $commit_id,
+              timestamp: $commit_timestamp
+            }
+          }' > version.json
+
+        cat version.json
+
+    - name: Deploy version.json to gh-pages
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        # Save version.json to a safe location outside the repo
+        cp version.json /tmp/version.json
+
+        # Fetch gh-pages branch
+        git fetch origin gh-pages 2>/dev/null || true
+
+        if git rev-parse --verify origin/gh-pages >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          # gh-pages exists
+          # Remove the local version.json first to avoid conflicts when switching branches
+          rm -f version.json
+          git checkout gh-pages
+        else
+          # Create new orphan gh-pages branch
+          git checkout --orphan gh-pages
+          git rm -rf . 2>/dev/null || true
+        fi
+
+        # Restore version.json from safe location
+        cp /tmp/version.json version.json
+        git add version.json
+
+        # Check if there are changes to commit
+        if git diff --staged --quiet; then
+          echo "No changes to commit"
+        else
+          # Set up git authentication for GitHub-signed commits
+          gh auth setup-git
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit -m "Update version info [automated]"
+          git push origin gh-pages || { echo "Failed to push to gh-pages"; exit 1; }
+        fi

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -127,71 +127,8 @@ jobs:
         push: true
 
   publish-version:
-    name: Publish version.json
     needs:
     - publish
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish-version-json.yml
     permissions:
       contents: write
-
-    steps:
-    - name: Check out code
-      uses: actions/checkout@v5
-
-    - name: Generate version.json
-      run: |
-        # Get the commit short SHA (8 characters) expected by the backend
-        COMMIT_SHORT_SHA=$(git rev-parse --short=8 HEAD)
-
-        # Get the commit timestamp in Unix format
-        COMMIT_TIMESTAMP=$(git show -s --format=%ct HEAD)
-
-        # Create version.json with the expected format for RPC#checkforupdates()
-        jq -n \
-          --arg commit_id "$COMMIT_SHORT_SHA" \
-          --argjson commit_timestamp "$COMMIT_TIMESTAMP" \
-          '{
-            changeset: {
-              id: $commit_id,
-              timestamp: $commit_timestamp
-            }
-          }' > version.json
-
-        cat version.json
-
-    - name: Deploy version.json to gh-pages
-      env:
-        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      run: |
-        # Save version.json to a safe location outside the repo
-        cp version.json /tmp/version.json
-
-        # Fetch gh-pages branch
-        git fetch origin gh-pages 2>/dev/null || true
-
-        if git rev-parse --verify origin/gh-pages >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-          # gh-pages exists
-          # Remove the local version.json first to avoid conflicts when switching branches
-          rm -f version.json
-          git checkout gh-pages
-        else
-          # Create new orphan gh-pages branch
-          git checkout --orphan gh-pages
-          git rm -rf . 2>/dev/null || true
-        fi
-
-        # Restore version.json from safe location
-        cp /tmp/version.json version.json
-        git add version.json
-
-        # Check if there are changes to commit
-        if git diff --staged --quiet; then
-          echo "No changes to commit"
-        else
-          # Set up git authentication for GitHub-signed commits
-          gh auth setup-git
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git commit -m "Update version info [automated]"
-          git push origin gh-pages || { echo "Failed to push to gh-pages"; exit 1; }
-        fi