From 182fd89356109b410287619d5c91662e6ec41b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Manav Rathi <manav@mrmr.io>
Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2024 13:55:04 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] [server] Retain published image commit as branch instead of
 tag

Overwriting tags is clunky (besides being generally discouraged). e.g. pulling
the overwritten tags locally requires `git fetch --force --tags`. So instead use
the branch `server/ghcr` to point to the commit from which the latest published
ghcr docker image has been built
---
 .github/workflows/server-publish.yml | 7 +++----
 server/docs/publish.md               | 7 ++++---
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/server-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/server-publish.yml
index 1851cbcd03..b6b29bcfa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/server-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/server-publish.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: "Publish (server)"
+name: "Publish ghcr (server)"
 
 on:
     # Run manually, providing it the commit.
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
                   username: ${{ github.actor }}
                   password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
-            - name: Tag as server/ghcr
+            - name: Update branch server/ghcr to point to source commit
               run: |
-                  git tag -f server/ghcr
-                  git push -f origin server/ghcr
+                  git push -f origin HEAD:server/ghcr
diff --git a/server/docs/publish.md b/server/docs/publish.md
index 3a49a47611..7da3b27c60 100644
--- a/server/docs/publish.md
+++ b/server/docs/publish.md
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ Once the workflow completes, the resultant image will be available at
 `ghcr.io/ente-io/server`. The image will be tagged by the commit SHA. The latest
 image will also be tagged, well, "latest".
 
-The workflow will also tag the commit it used to build the image with
-`server/ghcr`. This tag will be overwritten on each publish, and it'll point to
-the code that was used in the most recent publish.
+The workflow will also update the branch `server/ghcr` to point to the commit it
+used to build the image. This branch will be overwritten on each publish, and
+thus it `server/ghcr` points to the code from which the most recent ghcr docker
+image for museum has been built.