Replace abandoned rust-build action with taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action

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Context

On March 9, 2025, the v0.1.7 release attempt failed on all 3 targets (see run #13749467244). The root cause is that rust-build/rust-build.action@v1.4.5 internally uses rust:1.76.0-alpine3.19 (last meaningful update: Feb 2024). Since then, several dependency upgrades landed on master that require a newer Rust toolchain — notably reqwest 0.13, thiserror 2.x, and colored 3.x.

Multiple attempts were made at the time to work around the issue (pinning Rust 1.85.0 via dtolnay/rust-toolchain, using stable), but rust-build doesn't honor an externally installed toolchain. The version bump was reverted and the release was postponed.

Changes

Replace rust-build/rust-build.action@v1.4.5 with taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1, which is actively maintained (latest: v1.29.1).

Specific changes:

• Build action: rust-build/rust-build.action@v1.4.5 → taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
• Checkout action: actions/checkout@master → actions/checkout@v4
• Runner OS: Instead of running all targets on ubuntu-latest, each target now runs on the appropriate OS:
  • x86_64-pc-windows-gnu → ubuntu-latest (cross-compiled via cross)
  • x86_64-unknown-linux-musl → ubuntu-latest
  • x86_64-apple-darwin → macos-latest (was previously attempted from ubuntu-latest, which silently failed — no macOS binary was ever uploaded in past releases)
• Checksums: SHA256 checksums are now generated via the checksum: sha256 option (previously relied on rust-build's built-in checksum generation)

Asset naming

The new action uses a slightly different naming convention for release assets:

• Before: bitcoinvert_v0.1.6_x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz
• After: bitcoinvert-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz

The version is no longer embedded in the filename (it's already in the release/tag). Archive formats remain the same: .tar.gz for Linux/macOS, .zip for Windows.

Test plan

• Merge this PR
• Bump version to 0.1.7 in Cargo.toml
• Create a GitHub release tagged v0.1.7 to trigger the workflow
• Verify binaries are uploaded for all 3 targets (Linux, Windows, macOS — new!)
• Verify .sha256 checksum files are present for each binary

Summary by CodeRabbit

• Chores
  • Updated release workflow infrastructure with improved multi-platform build configuration and dependencies.

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Caution

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📝 Walkthrough

Walkthrough

The GitHub Actions release workflow is updated to execute per-target on matrix-defined operating systems instead of a fixed ubuntu-latest. The actions/checkout action is upgraded to v4, and the Rust build step is replaced with taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action configured to upload the bitcoinvert binary.

Changes

Cohort / File(s)	Summary
Release Workflow .github/workflows/release.yml	Updated to use matrix-based OS execution for per-target builds. Upgraded checkout action to v4. Replaced rust-build.action with taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1, specifying bitcoinvert binary and SHA256 checksum configuration.

Estimated code review effort

🎯 3 (Moderate) | ⏱️ ~18 minutes

Poem

🐰 Workflows dance on native ground,
No longer tied to Linux's sound,
Windows, Mac, and Linux three,
Build in harmony, wild and free!
The binary hops from shelf to shelf,
With checksums signing off itself. 🚀

🚥 Pre-merge checks | ✅ 3

✅ Passed checks (3 passed)

Check name	Status	Explanation
Description Check	✅ Passed	Check skipped - CodeRabbit’s high-level summary is enabled.
Title check	✅ Passed	The title accurately describes the primary change: replacing the rust-build action with taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action, which is the core objective of the PR.
Docstring Coverage	✅ Passed	No functions found in the changed files to evaluate docstring coverage. Skipping docstring coverage check.

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✨ Finishing Touches

🧪 Generate unit tests (beta)

• Create PR with unit tests
• Commit unit tests in branch fix/release-workflow

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