feat(cd): Add nightly release

Author: DanielVoogsgerd

.github/workflows/nightly_release.yml

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+name: Create the nightly release
+on:
+  schedule:
+    # Take into account lut99's sleep schedule
+    - cron: 0 4 * * *
+
+  # Manual mechanism to bump the nightly in case of a issue with the one from last night
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: "What ref to use for the nighly release"
+        default: main
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      force:
+        description: "Create a new release, regardless if the current nightly tag points to the same commit as ref"
+        default: false
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+env:
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    name: "Add nightly tag"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.ref || 'main' }}
+          fetch-tags: true
+      - name: Check if there is anything to be done
+        if: ${{ !inputs.force }}
+        run: |
+          git rev-parse HEAD || true
+          git rev-parse 'nightly^{commit}' || true
+          [[ $(git rev-parse HEAD) != $(git rev-parse 'nightly^{commit}') ]]
+      - name: Tag the latest commit
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "Brane"
+          git config user.email "brane@nonexistentemail.com"
+          git tag --force nightly
+          git push --force --tags origin nightly
+
+  build:
+    name: "Build & package"
+    needs: tag
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - runner: ubuntu-latest
+            os: linux
+            arch: x86_64
+          - runner: macos-latest
+            os: macos
+            arch: aarch64
+          - runner: windows-latest
+            os: windows
+            arch: x86_64
+          - runner: ubuntu-24.04-arm
+            os: linux
+            arch: aarch64
+          - runner: macos-13
+            os: macos
+            arch: x86_64
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runner }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: nightly
+          fetch-tags: true
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'linux' }}
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Install Go
+        if: ${{ matrix.os == 'macos' }}
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: '^1.23.4'
+      - name: Build xtask
+        run: |
+          cargo build --release --no-default-features --package xtask -F ci
+      - name: Update package version in Cargo.toml
+        run: |
+          cargo run --release --no-default-features --package xtask -F ci set-version -p nightly -m '$git_hash$git_dirty'
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          cargo run --release --no-default-features --package xtask -F ci build all
+      - name: Package
+        run: |
+          cargo run --release --no-default-features --package xtask -F ci package github
+      - name: Upload
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.arch }}-nightly
+          path: |
+            target/package/release/*
+          if-no-files-found: error
+          retention-days: 1
+
+  release:
+    name: "Release artifacts to GitHub"
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        # without further specification, downloads all artifacts from the run
+        with:
+          path: release
+          merge-multiple: true
+      - name: Delete previous nightly release
+        run: gh -R $GITHUB_REPOSITORY release delete nightly
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          files: |
+            release/*
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: true
+          tag_name: nightly
+          name: Nightly
+          prerelease: true
+          body: This is the nightly (daily) release of Brane. This build can occasionally break. Do not use in production.
+          draft: false
+          make_latest: false