chore: Add workflow to publish to crates.io

.github/workflows/publish.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Publish stable-structures to crates.io
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+  publish-ic-stable-structures:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC token exchange
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
+        id: auth
+
+      - name: Set Cargo.toml versions
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TAG: ${{ github.ref }}
+        run: |
+          sed -i '' -e "s/0\\.0\\.0-git/${RELEASE_TAG##*\/v}/" Cargo.toml
+
+      - run: cargo publish -p ic-stable-structures --allow-dirty
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+
+      - name: Post to a Slack channel
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@91efab103c0de0a537f72a35f6b8cda0ee76bf0a # v2.1.1
+        with:
+          method: chat.postMessage
+          token: ${{ secrets.SLACK_API_TOKEN }}
+          payload: |
+            channel: eng-dsm-alerts
+            text: "New `stable-structures` crate (version `${{ github.ref_name }}`) has been published to crates.io"

Cargo.toml

@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@ license = "Apache-2.0"
 name = "ic-stable-structures"
 readme = "README.md"
 repository = "https://github.com/dfinity/stable-structures"
-version = "0.7.2"
+# Version is set by a Github workflow from the git tag
+version = "0.0.0-git"
 
 [package.metadata.docs.rs]
 # Build docs for wasm32-unknown-unknown target

RELEASE_GUIDE.md

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ Adding a `reclaim()` method to free unused memory without changing layout, only
 2. Ensure CI is green.  
 3. Preferable commit & PR name: `chore(release): vX.Y.Z` ([example PR](https://github.com/dfinity/stable-structures/pull/379)).  
 
-### Publish Release to GitHub
+### Publish Release to GitHub and crates.io
 
 1. Identify the commit to release.  
 2. Draft a new release:  
@@ -81,29 +81,7 @@ Adding a `reclaim()` method to free unused memory without changing layout, only
    - Set the release title to `vX.Y.Z`.  
    - Choose the previous tag as the last release.  
    - Add release notes (GitHub can auto-generate, adjust as needed).  
-3. Click **Publish release**.  
-
-### Publish to crates.io
-
-1. Generate an API token:  
-   - Log in to crates.io → **Account Settings** → **API Tokens** → generate a new token.  
-2. Authenticate:  
-   ```bash
-   cargo login
-   ```
-   Enter the token when prompted.  
-3. Check out the repo at the release tag:  
-   ```bash
-   git checkout vX.Y.Z
-   ```
-4. Dry-run publish (mandatory):  
-   ```bash
-   cargo publish -p ic-stable-structures --dry-run
-   ```
-5. Publish:  
-   ```bash
-   cargo publish -p ic-stable-structures
-   ```
+3. Click **Publish release**, which will also trigger publication to crates.io
 
 ### Verify