CI: Allow workflow_dispatch builds/releases for a specific commit SHA; include commit date and short hash in release tag

.github/workflows/Dockerfile

@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-ARG IMAGE
-FROM ${IMAGE}
-
-ENV DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y software-properties-common && \
-    add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-support-team/meson
-
-RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
-    build-essential \
-    debhelper \
-    devscripts \
-    meson \
-    pkg-config \
-    libstdc++6 \
-    libgbm-dev \
-    libdrm-dev \
-    libx11-6 \
-    libx11-dev \
-    libx11-xcb1 \
-    libx11-xcb-dev \
-    libxcb-dri2-0 \
-    libxcb-dri2-0-dev \
-    libxcb-dri3-dev \
-    libxcb-present-dev \
-    libxcb-xfixes0-dev \
-    libxdamage1 \
-    libxdamage-dev \
-    libxext6 \
-    libxext-dev \
-    libxfixes3 \
-    libxfixes-dev \
-    libwayland-client0 \
-    libwayland-dev \
- && apt-get clean autoclean --yes \
- && apt-get autoremove --yes \
- && rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives* /var/lib/apt/lists/*
-
-COPY . /src/
-
-WORKDIR /src/

.github/workflows/build_and_release.yml

@@ -5,16 +5,27 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      commit_sha:
+        description: 'Target commit SHA to build (full SHA recommended).'
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
 
-  build_and_release:
+  build-and-release:
     name: Build and Release Debian Package
+    # Run on arm64 hosted runner to avoid QEMU emulation slowness.
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04-arm
     permissions:
       contents: write
     steps:
 
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && github.event.inputs.commit_sha || github.sha }}
+
       - name: Fix Git Permissions
         run: |
           mkdir -p ~/.config/git
@@ -56,9 +67,6 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get autoremove --yes
           sudo rm -rf /var/cache/apt/archives* /var/lib/apt/lists/*
 
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        
       - name: Build Debian package
         run: |
           debuild -us -uc -b && cp -a ../*.deb ./
@@ -68,15 +76,19 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "version=$(dpkg-parsechangelog --show-field Version)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      - name: Get commit hash
+      - name: Get commit metadata
         id: get_commit_hash
-        uses: prompt/actions-commit-hash@v3
+        run: |
+          echo "date=$(git show -s --format=%cd --date=format:%Y%m%d HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "full=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "short=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.short }}
-          tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.short }}
+          name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.date }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.short }}
+          tag_name: v${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.date }}-${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.short }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ steps.get_commit_hash.outputs.full }}
           generate_release_notes: true
           files: |
             ./*.deb