fix the github actions to be cleaner

.github/workflows/ci.yml

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+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ["main"]
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Format + Clippy
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+        with:
+          components: rustfmt, clippy
+
+      # Caching to increase performance as dependency tree grows
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      - name: Check formatting
+        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
+
+      - name: Run clippy
+        run: cargo clippy --all-features --all-targets -- -D warnings
+
+  # Run CLI across OS targets
+  build_and_test:
+    name: Build + Test (${{ matrix.os }})
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      # Caching per OS
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+
+      # TODO: Remove the dependency on wasm-tools when have time.
+      - name: Install wasm-tools
+        run: |
+          cargo install wasm-tools --version 1.235.0 --locked
+
+      - name: Build
+        run: cargo build --locked --verbose
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: cargo test --locked --all-features --verbose

.github/workflows/doc.yml

@@ -1,30 +1,45 @@
 name: Deploy
+
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ "main" ]
+    branches: ["main"]
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: write  # To push a branch 
-      pages: write  # To push to a GitHub Pages site
-      id-token: write # To update the deployment status
+      contents: write   # To push a branch
+      pages: write      # To push to GitHub Pages
+      id-token: write   # To update the deployment status
+
     steps:
+      # Checkout repo
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Build Doc
-        run: |
-          rustup toolchain install nightly
-          RUSTDOCFLAGS="--enable-index-page -Z unstable-options" cargo +nightly doc --no-deps
-      - name: Setup Pages
-        uses: actions/configure-pages@v4
-      - name: Upload artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v3
+
+      # Cache Rust crates to speed up builds
+      - uses: actions/cache@v3
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.cargo/registry
+            ~/.cargo/git
+          key: cargo-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+
+      # Setup Rust nightly (or use rust-toolchain.toml)
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: nightly
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+
+      # Build documentation
+      - name: Build docs
+        env:
+          RUSTDOCFLAGS: "--enable-index-page -Z unstable-options"
+        run: cargo +nightly doc --no-deps
+
+      # Deploy to GitHub Pages
+      - uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
         with:
-          # Upload entire repository
-          path: 'target/doc'
-      - name: Deploy to GitHub Pages
-        id: deployment
-        uses: actions/deploy-pages@v4
+          artifact-path: target/doc

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -1,26 +1,41 @@
 name: Publish
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    types:
-      - closed
-    branches:
-      - main
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
 
 env:
   CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 jobs:
   publish:
+    name: Publish to crates.io
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release-v')
+
     steps:
-      - name: cargo login
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      - name: Login to crates.io
         run: cargo login ${{ secrets.WIRM_API_TOKEN }}
 
+      - name: Validate publish
+        run: cargo publish --locked --dry-run
+
+      - name: Publish
+        run: cargo publish --locked
+
+  release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Publish Update
-        run: cargo publish
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      bump:
+        description: "Version bump type"
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - major
+          - minor
+          - patch
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Bump and Create Release PR
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Gives write permission to commit toml changes
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
+
+      # Install cargo-edit (provides cargo set-version)
+      - name: Install cargo-edit
+        run: cargo install cargo-edit
+
+      # Bump version using official cargo-edit tool
+      - name: Bump Version
+        run: cargo set-version --bump ${{ github.event.inputs.bump }}
+
+      # Extract version cleanly using cargo metadata (more robust than grep)
+      - name: Extract Version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          version=$(cargo metadata --no-deps --format-version 1 \
+            | jq -r '.packages[] | select(.name=="wirm") | .version')
+          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create branch, commit, and PR
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --global user.name "GitHub Action"
+
+          git checkout -b release-v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+          git add Cargo.toml Cargo.lock
+          git commit -m "Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+          git push --set-upstream origin release-v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
+
+          gh pr create \
+            --title "Release v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}" \
+            --body "Creating release for wirm v${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}"
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}