From fdca3a5cd5438461bfffc756bbb05b3ff8eb089b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Ward <c.ward20@imperial.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:17:22 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Use the same release process as the rest of Firedrake

---
 .github/workflows/pypi.yml | 108 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------
 1 file changed, 90 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index 08f113d0..e215314a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -1,32 +1,104 @@
-name: Upload release to pypi
+name: Publish release
+
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    tags: "v*"
+    inputs:
+      branch:
+        description: The branch to release from
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      version:
+        description: The version number to release
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      prev_version:
+        description: The previously most up-to-date version number
+        type: string
+        required: true
 
 jobs:
-  pypi-publish:
-    name: Upload release to PyPI
+  check:
+    name: Pre-release checks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+
+      - name: Check no 'TODO RELEASE' comments remain
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$( grep -r --exclude-dir='.*' 'TODO RELEASE' )" ]; then
+            exit 0
+          else
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Check version number matches
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$( grep 'version = \"${{ inputs.version }}\"' pyproject.toml )" ]; then
+            exit 1
+          else
+            exit 0
+          fi
+
+  build:
+    name: Build dist files
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.branch }}
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+
+      - name: Build pyadjoint
+        run: |
+          pip install build
+          python -m build .
+
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+  pypi:
+    name: Push dist to PyPI
+    needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     environment:
       name: pypi
-      url: https://pypi.org/p/pyadjoint-ad
     permissions:
       id-token: write
-
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
-          python-version: "3.10"
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
 
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: python3 -m pip install build twine
+  github_release:
+    name: Create GitHub release
+    needs: pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
-      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
-        run: python3 -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist/
 
-      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+      - name: Create release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: gh release create --title ${{ inputs.version }} --target ${{ inputs.branch }} --generate-notes ${{ inputs.version }} --notes-start-tag ${{ inputs.prev_version }} dist/*

From 19d9b2f38d0157c653ab9cea7da7dd1a29dbbd23 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Connor Ward <c.ward20@imperial.ac.uk>
Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 16:17:48 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fixup

---
 pyproject.toml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 1d2a533c..1a936f4d 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "pyadjoint-ad"
+# TODO RELEASE
 version = "2026.11.0.dev0"
 dependencies = [
   "checkpoint_schedules",