# Deliver a tagged source release

Use `releasekit.Deliver` or the `deliver` command after a source tag exists.
Delivery status is separate from source publication: a delivery problem does
not move or remove the tag, and a retry can use the same immutable version.
The operation accepts historical lightweight and annotated tags, including a
detached checkout, when the checked-out `HEAD` identifies the selected tag
commit. It does not require the old remote `main` to match.

## Command line

Add a Gitea destination to the profile:

```json
{
  "product": "Example",
  "delivery": {
    "base_url": "https://gitea.example",
    "owner": "example",
    "repository": "example",
    "token_env": "RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN"
  }
}
```

Fetch and check out the immutable tag, then deliver it:

```sh
git checkout --detach v1.2.3
RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN="$GITEA_TOKEN" releasekit deliver v1.2.3
```

The CLI reads the named token variable only for `deliver`; its default name is
`RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN`. It verifies the local checkout and hosted tag before
creating or accepting a hosted release page. The full checked-in note is the
hosted body. A retry accepts an identical page and matching attachments, adds
only missing assets, and reports conflicts without replacing content.

With no build targets, delivery is page-only: no builder, version smoke check,
receipt, binary asset, or checksum manifest is involved. With selected targets,
the command builds the tagged source into temporary storage and delivers the
result. To use artifacts built separately, pass `--assets DIR`; the directory
must contain the private `.releasekit-build.json` receipt created by `build`.
ReleaseKit checks the receipt's repository, commit, version, resolved build
settings, and file hashes before making a remote request.

The result reports `complete`, `partial`, `conflict`, `unknown`, or
`not_attempted`, along with matching, uploaded, pending, conflicting, and
uncertain assets when known. These are disjoint current observations: an asset
appears in at most one category, and early failures may leave some declared
assets unreported. `Matching` means existing content matches; `Uploaded` means
an upload was confirmed during this invocation; `Pending` means known missing
work; `Conflicting` means different hosted content was found; `Uncertain` means
the remote state could not be resolved.

Fix local or preflight failures before retrying. For partial delivery, fix the
reported cause and retry the same version. Resolve an unknown remote outcome
before retrying. Investigate conflicts and use a new version if the source or
published content needs correction. If rebuilding could change bytes already
on the server, retain the original build output and retry with `--assets DIR`.
The command does not run candidate checks or publish tags.

## Go API

Pass the Gitea credential explicitly. Set `Build` to a `BuildSpec` to compile
selected targets as part of delivery. The facade verifies the local tag, clean
checkout, and committed release note before compiling. Managed output is stored
outside the checkout and removed when delivery returns. `Output` receives build
progress. With no build, or with an empty target set, delivery is page-only.

To deliver binaries built separately, set `Prebuilt` to the `BuildResult`.
ReleaseKit checks that it identifies the selected repository, tagged commit, and
version, that its source was verified clean and unchanged during compilation,
and that the current files still match their recorded digests. The files remain
caller-owned, so callers can retain the original bytes for retries and are
responsible for cleanup. With neither artifact source, an empty managed target
set, or an empty prebuilt result, delivery is page-only. Do not set both `Build`
and `Prebuilt` in one request.

```go
result, err := releasekit.Deliver(ctx, releasekit.DeliveryRequest{
    RepositoryDir: "/work/example",
    Product:       "Example",
    Version:       "v1.2.3",
    Destination: releasekit.GiteaDestination{
        BaseURL:    "https://gitea.example",
        Owner:      "example",
        Repository: "example",
        Token:      token,
    },
    Build: &releasekit.BuildSpec{
        MainPackage: "./cmd/example",
        BinaryName:  "example",
        Targets:     []releasekit.Target{{OS: "linux", Arch: "amd64"}},
    },
})
if err != nil {
    // Keep the returned state and any completed asset identities for recovery.
    return err
}
fmt.Println(result.State, result.ReleaseURL)
```

See the [CLI contract](../cli.md), [configuration reference](../config.md),
and [Gitea integration guide](../integrations/gitea.md) for exact settings,
exit codes, and transport behavior.

## Woodpecker tag workflows

Maintained workflow examples are available for source-only and binary delivery:

- [Source-only tag workflow](../../examples/woodpecker/tag-delivery-source-only.yml)
- [Binary tag workflow](../../examples/woodpecker/tag-delivery-binary.yml)

Copy one into the consumer repository's `.woodpecker/` directory. In its
matrix entry, set `GO_IMAGE` to a Go image compatible with the consumer module
and replace `RELEASEKIT_SOURCE` with an immutable ReleaseKit commit. The
examples deliberately contain no claimed published ReleaseKit pin. Configure
the Woodpecker repository secret `releasekit_gitea_token`; the workflow maps it
to `RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN` only for the delivery step. The repository also
needs a `delivery` profile using the default `RELEASEKIT_GITEA_TOKEN` variable.
The binary profile must declare its build targets.

The tag workflow fetches the event tag, verifies that the tag resolves to
`CI_COMMIT_SHA`, and checks out that commit detached. Woodpecker shares the
repository workspace between sequential steps, so the installed executable,
Go caches, build outputs, and build receipt remain available to later steps.
The workflow keeps its `.releasekit/` directory out of Git status using the
checkout's local exclude file.

Preparation can access the Go module proxy to install the pinned ReleaseKit
executable. The binary workflow also runs `go mod download` before the build.
The later `releasekit build` command runs with `GOPROXY=off` and
`GOTOOLCHAIN=local`; its declared binary targets and receipt are placed in
`.releasekit/assets`. Delivery then passes that directory with `--assets`.
The source-only workflow skips this build step and sends the committed note
page directly. Neither template runs `check` or `publish`.

Woodpecker runs delivery after the tag event, independently from the source
publication result. Read its workflow status as delivery status: a delivery
failure does not undo source publication. A failed, partial, or uncertain run
can be inspected and retried against the same immutable tag and commit; do not
move the tag to make a retry pass. See
[Woodpecker's environment reference](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/environment)
for the runner-provided tag and commit variables and
[workflow syntax](https://woodpecker-ci.org/docs/usage/workflow-syntax) for tag
events, sequential steps, and the shared workspace.