feat: allow to skip the release pipe entirely

config/config.go

@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ type Release struct {
 	GitHub       Repo   `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	Draft        bool   `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	Prerelease   bool   `yaml:",omitempty"`
+	Disable      bool   `yaml:",omitempty"`
 	NameTemplate string `yaml:"name_template,omitempty"`
 }
 

pipeline/release/release.go

@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ func (Pipe) String() string {
 
 // Default sets the pipe defaults
 func (Pipe) Default(ctx *context.Context) error {
+	if ctx.Config.Release.Disable {
+		return nil
+	}
 	if ctx.Config.Release.NameTemplate == "" {
 		ctx.Config.Release.NameTemplate = "{{.Tag}}"
 	}
@@ -45,6 +48,9 @@ func (Pipe) Run(ctx *context.Context) error {
 }
 
 func doRun(ctx *context.Context, c client.Client) error {
+	if ctx.Config.Release.Disable {
+		return pipeline.Skip("release pipe is disabled")
+	}
 	if ctx.SkipPublish {
 		return pipeline.ErrSkipPublishEnabled
 	}

pipeline/release/release_test.go

@@ -136,6 +136,18 @@ func TestSnapshot(t *testing.T) {
 	assert.False(t, client.UploadedFile)
 }
 
+func TestPipeDisabled(t *testing.T) {
+	var ctx = context.New(config.Project{
+		Release: config.Release{
+			Disable: true,
+		},
+	})
+	client := &DummyClient{}
+	testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doRun(ctx, client))
+	assert.False(t, client.CreatedRelease)
+	assert.False(t, client.UploadedFile)
+}
+
 func TestDefault(t *testing.T) {
 	_, back := testlib.Mktmp(t)
 	defer back()