Updated release workflow (#1146)

* updated release workflow

* changed release workflow to run on uv

Author: bryce13950

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -8,21 +8,23 @@ on:
 jobs:
   checks:
     name: Run checks workflow
-    uses: TransformerLensOrg/TransformerLens/.github/workflows/checks.yml@main
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/checks.yml
     secrets:
       HF_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HF_TOKEN }}
 
   semver-parser:
     name: Parse the semantic version from the release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.x'
+          python-version: "3.12"
+          activate-environment: true
+          enable-cache: true
 
       - name: Install packaging
-        run: pip install packaging
+        run: uv pip install packaging
 
       - name: Parse semver string
         id: semver_parser
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${RAW_TAG#v}"
           echo "Detected version: $VERSION"
-          echo "::set-output name=version::$(python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('$VERSION'))")"
+          echo "version=$(uv run python -c "from packaging.version import Version; print(Version('$VERSION'))")" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     outputs:
       semver: "${{ steps.semver_parser.outputs.version }}"
 
@@ -46,13 +48,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install uv
         uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v6
         with:
-          python-version: '3.11'
+          python-version: "3.12"
           activate-environment: true
           enable-cache: true
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           uv lock --check
-          uv sync --locked
+          uv sync
       - name: Set the version
         run: make version-set VERSION=${{needs.semver-parser.outputs.semver}}
       - name: re-sync
@@ -61,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         run: uv build
       - name: Publish
         run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade twine
-          twine upload --non-interactive -u __token__ -p "$PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI" dist/*
+          uv pip install twine
+          uv run twine upload --non-interactive -u __token__ -p "$PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI" dist/*
         env:
           PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN_PYPI }}