Weekly release test #495

	name: Weekly release test

	# Note: This workflow does not build for releases. It attempts to build release binaries periodically to ensure the repo
	# release machinery is in a good state.

	on:
	schedule:
	# Cron for every day at 12:00 UTC.
	- cron: "0 12 * * *"

	# Remove all permissions from GITHUB_TOKEN except metadata.
	permissions: {}

	jobs:
	weekly-test-release:
	name: Test release
	strategy:
	fail-fast: false
	matrix:
	branch: [ main, release-1.8, release-1.7 ]
	runs-on: ubuntu-latest
	steps:
	- uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # tag=v4.2.2
	with:
	ref: ${{ matrix.branch }}
	fetch-depth: 0
	- name: Set env
	run: echo "RELEASE_TAG=v9.9.9-fake" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	- name: Set fake tag for release
	run: \|
	git tag ${{ env.RELEASE_TAG }}
	- name: Calculate go version
	run: echo "go_version=$(make go-version)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
	- name: Set up Go
	uses: actions/setup-go@41dfa10bad2bb2ae585af6ee5bb4d7d973ad74ed # tag=v5.1.0
	with:
	go-version: ${{ env.go_version }}
	- name: Test release
	run: \|
	make release

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