propagate release name preprocessing via job output (#7599)

Signed-off-by: garyschulte <garyschulte@gmail.com>

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -9,16 +9,9 @@ env:
   GRADLE_OPTS: "-Dorg.gradle.parallel=true -Dorg.gradle.caching=true"
 
 jobs:
-  artifacts:
+  preprocess_release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    outputs:
-      tarSha: ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
-      zipSha: ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
     steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Pre-process Release Name
         id: pre_process_release_name
         run: |
@@ -29,7 +22,23 @@ jobs:
             echo "Release name does not conform to a valid besu release format YY.M.v[-suffix], e.g. 24.8.0-RC1."
             exit 1
           fi
-            echo "RELEASE_NAME=$RELEASE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV  # Store in environment variable
+          echo "release_name=$RELEASE_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT  # Set as output using the new syntax
+    outputs:
+      release_name: ${{ steps.pre_process_release_name.outputs.release_name }}
+
+  artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs: preprocess_release
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    outputs:
+      tarSha: ${{steps.hashes.outputs.tarSha}}
+      zipSha: ${{steps.hashes.outputs.zipSha}}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
       - name: Set up Java
         uses: actions/setup-java@387ac29b308b003ca37ba93a6cab5eb57c8f5f93
         with:
@@ -90,7 +99,9 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: [testWindows, artifacts]
+    needs: [preprocess_release, testWindows, artifacts]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
@@ -115,7 +126,9 @@ jobs:
 
   artifactoryPublish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    needs: artifacts
+    needs: [preprocess_release, artifacts]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
@@ -152,7 +165,9 @@ jobs:
         run: docker run --rm -i hadolint/hadolint < docker/Dockerfile
 
   buildDocker:
-    needs: hadolint
+    needs: [preprocess_release, hadolint]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     permissions:
       contents: read
       packages: write
@@ -213,7 +228,9 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew --no-daemon dockerUpload -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
 
   multiArch:
-    needs: buildDocker
+    needs: [preprocess_release, buildDocker]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -240,7 +257,9 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew manifestDocker -PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }} -Pversion=${{env.RELEASE_NAME}} -Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}
 
   amendNotes:
-    needs: multiArch
+    needs: [preprocess_release, multiArch]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -253,7 +272,9 @@ jobs:
             `docker pull ${{env.registry}}/${{secrets.DOCKER_ORG}}/besu:${{env.RELEASE_NAME}}`
 
   dockerPromoteX64:
-    needs: multiArch
+    needs: [preprocess_release, multiArch]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11
@@ -278,7 +299,9 @@ jobs:
         run: ./gradlew "-Prelease.releaseVersion=${{ env.RELEASE_NAME }}" "-PdockerOrgName=${{ env.registry }}/${{ secrets.DOCKER_ORG }}" manifestDockerRelease
 
   verifyContainer:
-    needs: dockerPromoteX64
+    needs: [preprocess_release, dockerPromoteX64]
+    env:
+      RELEASE_NAME: ${{ needs.preprocess_release.outputs.release_name }}  # Use the output from the pre_process_release job
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     permissions:
       contents: read