ci: define file paths on events and fix gh release view args

.github/workflows/rust_binaries_release.yml

@@ -4,25 +4,45 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-      - 'releases/**'
-      - 'hotfix/**'
+    paths:
+      - Cargo.toml
+      - Cargo.lock
+      - 'crates/**'
+      - .github/workflows/rust_binaries_release.yml
   pull_request:
     types: [opened, synchronize, reopened]
     branches:
       - master
+    paths:
+      - Cargo.toml
+      - Cargo.lock
+      - 'crates/**'
+      - .github/workflows/rust_binaries_release.yml
 
 jobs:
-  binary_matrix:
+  prepare:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
-      binaries: ${{ steps.setup_matrix.outputs.binaries }}
+      is_release_candidate: ${{ steps.check_release_candidate.outputs.is_release_candidate }}
+      binary_matrix: ${{ steps.setup_matrix.outputs.binaries }}
     steps:
+      - name: Check if release candidate
+        id: check_release_candidate
+        run: |
+          # Additional checks for head_ref when PR because GH doesn't support that
+          if [ "${{ github.event_name }}" == "pull_request" ] && ! [[ "${{ github.head_ref }}" == prerelease/* ]]; then
+            echo 'is_release_candidate=false' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            echo 'is_release_candidate=true' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
+
       - name: Setup matrix
         id: setup_matrix
         run: |
-          echo 'binaries=["merod", "meroctl"]' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo 'binary_matrix=["merod", "meroctl"]' >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
   build:
+    if: needs.prepare.outputs.is_release_candidate == 'true'
     strategy:
       matrix:
         include:
@@ -35,7 +55,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: macos-latest
             target: aarch64-apple-darwin
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: binary_matrix
+    needs: prepare
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -44,7 +64,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Craft cargo arguments
         id: cargo_args
         run: |
-          binaries=$(echo '${{ needs.binary_matrix.outputs.binaries }}' | jq -r 'join(" ") | split(" ") | map("-p " + .) | join(" ")')
+          binaries=$(echo '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.binary_matrix }}' | jq -r 'join(" ") | split(" ") | map("-p " + .) | join(" ")')
           args="$binaries --release --target ${{ matrix.target }}"
           echo "Cargo build arguments: $args"
           echo args="$args" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -134,7 +154,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Compress artifacts using gzip
         run: |
           mkdir -p artifacts
-          echo '${{ needs.binary_matrix.outputs.binaries }}' | jq -r '.[]' | while read binary; do
+          echo '${{ needs.prepare.outputs.binary_matrix }}' | jq -r '.[]' | while read binary; do
             tar -czf artifacts/"$binary"_${{ matrix.target }}.tar.gz -C target/${{ matrix.target }}/release "$binary"
           done
 
@@ -146,11 +166,12 @@ jobs:
           retention-days: 2
 
   release:
+    if: needs.prepare.outputs.is_release_candidate == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [binary_matrix, build]
+    needs: [prepare, build]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        binary: ${{ fromJSON(needs.binary_matrix.outputs.binaries) }}
+        binary: ${{ fromJSON(needs.prepare.outputs.binary_matrix) }}
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -165,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
         id: version_info
         shell: bash
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           echo "target_commit=${{ github.sha }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
@@ -174,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
             version="${{ matrix.binary }}-$version"
             echo "Master version: $version"
 
-            if gh release view "$version" ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            if gh release view "$version" --repo ${{ github.repository }} >/dev/null 2>&1; then
               echo "Master release for this version already exists"
               echo "release_required=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
             else