ci: add option to skip status checks for releases

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -4,9 +4,14 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
-        description: 'The version to release (major.minor.patch)'
+        description: 'Version (major.minor.patch)'
         required: true
         type: string
+      skip-branch-status-check:
+        description: 'Skip CI status check.'
+        default: false
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
 
 permissions:
   actions: write
@@ -34,4 +39,4 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version-file: .github/python-version.txt
-      - run: ./release/release.py ${{ inputs.version }}
+      - run: ./release/release.py ${{ inputs.version }} ${{ inputs.skip-branch-status-check }}

release/release.py

@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     assert re.match(r"^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$", version)
     major_version = int(version.split(".")[0])
 
+    skip_branch_status_check = sys.argv[2] == "true"
+
     branch = subprocess.run(
         ["git", "branch", "--show-current"],
         cwd=root, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True
@@ -45,8 +47,11 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
     print("➡️ Working dir clean?")
     assert not subprocess.run(["git", "status", "--porcelain"]).stdout
 
-    print(f"➡️ CI is passing for {branch}?")
-    assert get_json(f"https://api.github.com/repos/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/commits/{branch}/status")["state"] == "success"
+    if skip_branch_status_check:
+        print(f"⚠️ Skipping status check for {branch}.")
+    else:
+        print(f"➡️ CI is passing for {branch}?")
+        assert get_json(f"https://api.github.com/repos/mitmproxy/mitmproxy/commits/{branch}/status")["state"] == "success"
 
     print("➡️ Updating CHANGELOG.md...")
     changelog = root / "CHANGELOG.md"