From 0ba308247a1603bc188794f2445ba3b9f2f465d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Moldovan <3854374+adimoldovan@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2024 12:48:58 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] [testing workflows] Add pre-release checks (#50204)

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yml | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index a7e4bfad4f8..0e878256389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ jobs:
             // Intended behaviour of the jobs generation:
             // - PRs: run CI jobs aiming PRs and filter out jobs based on the content changes
             // - Pushes: run CI jobs aiming pushes without filtering based on the content changes
+            
+            // github.base_ref is only available for pull_request events
             let baseRef = ${{ toJson( github.base_ref ) }};
             if ( baseRef ) {
               baseRef = `--base-ref origin/${ baseRef }`;
@@ -74,6 +76,12 @@ jobs:
               githubEvent = trigger;
             }
             
+            // `pre-release` should trigger `release-checks`, but without a 'tag' ref. 
+            // This will run all release-checks against the branch the workflow targeted, instead of a release artifact.
+            if ( trigger === 'pre-release' ) {
+              githubEvent = 'release-checks';
+            }
+            
             const child_process = require( 'node:child_process' );
             child_process.execSync( `pnpm utils ci-jobs ${ baseRef } --event ${ githubEvent }` );