ci: add alpha release pipeline (#243)

Author: aorumbayev

.github/workflows/cd.yaml

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - alpha
     paths-ignore:
       - "docs/**"
       - ".github/**"
@@ -68,6 +69,22 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Git user as GitHub actions
         run: git config --global user.email "179917785+engineering-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com" && git config --global user.name "engineering-ci[bot]"
 
+      - name: Create Continuous Deployment - Alpha
+        if: steps.get_branch.outputs.branch == 'alpha'
+        run: |
+          uv run semantic-release \
+            -v DEBUG \
+            --prerelease \
+            --define=prerelease_tag=alpha \
+            --define=branch=alpha \
+            --define=upload_to_repository=true \
+            publish
+          gh release edit --prerelease "v$(uv run semantic-release print-version --current)"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.app_token.outputs.token }}
+          REPOSITORY_USERNAME: __token__
+          REPOSITORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_KEY }}
+
       - name: Create Continuous Deployment - Beta (non-prod)
         if: steps.get_branch.outputs.branch == 'main' && !inputs.production_release
         run: |

pyproject.toml

@@ -260,6 +260,21 @@ sequence = [
   "generate-kmd-client",
 ]
 
+[tool.poe.tasks.release-preview]
+sequence = [
+  { cmd = "semantic-release print-version --current" },
+  { cmd = "semantic-release print-version --prerelease" },
+]
+help = "Preview current and next prerelease version"
+
+[tool.poe.tasks.release-dry-run-alpha]
+shell = "semantic-release -v DEBUG --noop --prerelease --define=prerelease_tag=alpha publish"
+help = "Dry-run alpha release (no changes made)"
+
+[tool.poe.tasks.release-dry-run-beta]
+shell = "semantic-release -v DEBUG --noop --prerelease --define=prerelease_tag=beta publish"
+help = "Dry-run beta release (no changes made)"
+
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 pythonpath = ["src"]
 testpaths = ["tests"]
@@ -308,6 +323,10 @@ disallow_untyped_calls = false
 module = ["tests.transactions.test_transaction_composer"]
 disable_error_code = ["call-overload", "union-attr"]
 
+[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
+module = ["msgpack", "msgpack.*"]
+ignore_missing_imports = true
+
 [tool.semantic_release]
 version_toml = "pyproject.toml:project.version"
 remove_dist = false
@@ -318,7 +337,3 @@ upload_to_repository = false
 tag_commit = true
 branch = "main"
 commit_message = "{version}\n\nskip-checks: true"
-
-[[tool.mypy.overrides]]
-module = ["msgpack", "msgpack.*"]
-ignore_missing_imports = true