single-target cannot find build

[till]

We got this error with 1.22.1:

 /opt/hostedtoolcache/goreleaser-action/1.22.1/x64/goreleaser build --snapshot --rm-dist --single-target
  • starting build...
  • loading                                          path=.goreleaser.yaml
  • DEPRECATED: --rm-dist was deprecated in favor of --clean, check https://goreleaser.com/deprecations#-rm-dist for more details
  • building only for linux/amd64                    reason=single target is enabled
  ⨯ build failed after 0s                    error=no builds matching --single-target linux/amd64
Error: The process '/opt/hostedtoolcache/goreleaser-action/1.22.1/x64/goreleaser' failed with exit code 1

Originally posted by @till in #4411 (comment)

My goreleaser config is very simple:

before:
  hooks:
    - go mod tidy
builds:
  - env:
      - CGO_ENABLED=0
    ldflags:
      -  -s -w -X main.Version={{.Version}}
    main: ./cmd/foo
    goos:
      - linux
      - windows
      - darwin
archives:
  - name_template: >-
      {{ .ProjectName }}_
      {{- title .Os }}_
      {{- if eq .Arch "darwin" }}Darwin
      {{- else if eq .Arch "linux" }}Linux
      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
      {{- else if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
    wrap_in_directory: true
    format_overrides:
      - goos: windows
        format: zip
    files: # don't add README/LICENSE files
      - none*

There's more, but it's docker and docker manifests.

My guess is, that the --single-target cannot match because we are not explicitly defining amd64, arm64 (aka goarch), etc. in the builds:?

At least, that's my guess. We downgraded the build on that one project for the time being. We usually just build amd64 and --single-target works there, but this project needs everything.

[caarlos0]

My guess is, that the --single-target cannot match because we are not explicitly defining amd64, arm64 (aka goarch), etc. in the builds:?

yep, that's likely it.

I'll backport this from goreleaser pro to oss, as it works differently there (and better)

thanks for reporting 🙏

[caarlos0]

if you wanna give it a try, per my testing this should do the trick: #4442

[till]

@caarlos0 cheers, I haven't had the chance to test it. Is there a simple way to use the nightlies via homebrew?

[till]

I downloaded it and I had to do a weird dance where I control-click on it and select "open" to override the "un-identified developer" mess on OSX. :D

@caarlos0 Long story short: this works, can we get a bugfix release?

[caarlos0]

nice to hear it works!

I'll probably release the (hopefully) last release of the year in a couple of days/weeks.

Thanks for the issue and feedback 🙏