fix(ci): use user_input as simple string

json need special escaping, and its actually a single input for now

.github/workflows/concrete_python_release.yml

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ on:
         description: 'Slab request ID'
         type: string
       user_inputs:
+        description: 'either "nightly" or "public" to specify the release type'
         required: true
         type: string
 
@@ -50,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up GitHub environment
         run: |
-          echo "RELEASE_TYPE=${{ fromJSON(inputs.user_inputs).release_type }}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+          echo "RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.user_inputs }}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           echo "HOME=/home/ubuntu" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           #echo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK=$SSH_AUTH_SOCK)" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
           echo "SSH_AUTH_SOCK_DIR=$(dirname $SSH_AUTH_SOCK)" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
@@ -175,9 +176,18 @@ jobs:
           toolchain: nightly
           override: true
 
-      - name: Set release version
+      - name: Set up GitHub environment
+        run: |
+          echo "RELEASE_TYPE=${{ inputs.user_inputs }}" >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
+
+      - name: Set release version (nightly)
+        if: ${{ env.RELEASE_TYPE == "nightly" }}
         run: echo "__version__ = \"$(date +"%Y.%m.%d")\"" >| frontends/concrete-python/version.txt
 
+      - name: Set release version (public)
+        if: ${{ env.RELEASE_TYPE == "public" }}
+        run: echo "__version__ = \"`git describe --tags --abbrev=0 | grep -e '[0-9].*' -o`\"" >| frontends/concrete-python/version.txt
+
       - name: Create build directory
         run: mkdir build
 

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       command: concrete-python-release
-      user_inputs: '{"release_type": "nightly"}'
+      user_inputs: 'nightly'
 
   concrete-python-public-release:
     if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
@@ -269,4 +269,4 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
     with:
       command: concrete-python-release
-      user_inputs: '{"release_type": "public"}'
+      user_inputs: 'public'

.github/workflows/start_slab.yml

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
         required: true
         type: string
       user_inputs:
+        description: 'user inputs to be forwarded to the called workflow'
         required: false
         type: string