cargo-rail: fixing the time/date in the publish workflow

Author: loadingalias

src/commands/affected.rs

@@ -411,19 +411,46 @@ fn format_names_only(analysis: &AffectedAnalysis) -> String {
 }
 
 /// Format GitHub Actions output for $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+///
+/// Outputs all fields that GitHub Actions workflows commonly need:
+/// - Core: crates, affected_count, test_matrix
+/// - Classification: docs_only, rebuild_all
+/// - Details: direct, transitive, changed_files_count
+/// - Infrastructure: infrastructure_files (JSON array)
+/// - Custom: custom_categories (JSON object)
 fn format_github(analysis: &AffectedAnalysis, classification: &ChangeClassification) -> RailResult<String> {
-  let (_, _, test_targets) = get_sorted_analysis(analysis);
+  let (direct, dependents, test_targets) = get_sorted_analysis(analysis);
 
   let test_matrix = serde_json::to_string(&test_targets)
     .map_err(|e| RailError::message(format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", e)))?;
 
+  let infrastructure_files = serde_json::to_string(&classification.infrastructure_files)
+    .map_err(|e| RailError::message(format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", e)))?;
+
+  let custom_categories = serde_json::to_string(&classification.custom_categories)
+    .map_err(|e| RailError::message(format!("JSON serialization failed: {}", e)))?;
+
   Ok(format!(
-    "docs_only={}\nrebuild_all={}\ntest_matrix={}\naffected_count={}\ncrates={}",
+    "docs_only={}\n\
+     rebuild_all={}\n\
+     test_matrix={}\n\
+     affected_count={}\n\
+     crates={}\n\
+     direct={}\n\
+     transitive={}\n\
+     changed_files_count={}\n\
+     infrastructure_files={}\n\
+     custom_categories={}",
     classification.docs_only,
     classification.rebuild_all,
     test_matrix,
     test_targets.len(),
-    test_targets.join(" ")
+    test_targets.join(" "),
+    direct.join(" "),
+    dependents.join(" "),
+    analysis.changed_files.len(),
+    infrastructure_files,
+    custom_categories,
   ))
 }
 

src/release/publisher.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::release::changelog::ChangelogGenerator;
 use crate::release::planner::{CrateReleasePlan, ReleasePlan};
 use crate::release::version::VersionBumper;
 use crate::workspace::WorkspaceContext;
+use chrono::Local;
 use std::fs;
 use std::process::Command;
 use std::thread;
@@ -206,8 +207,8 @@ impl<'a> ReleasePublisher<'a> {
       updated.push_str("\n\n");
     }
 
-    // Add new version with current date (get from git commit date or system)
-    let date = self.get_current_date()?;
+    // Add new version with today's date
+    let date = self.get_current_date();
     updated.push_str(&self.format_version_header(plan, previous_tag.as_deref(), &date, github_repo.as_ref()));
     updated.push_str(&new_entries);
     updated.push('\n');
@@ -366,30 +367,9 @@ impl<'a> ReleasePublisher<'a> {
     Ok(())
   }
 
-  /// Get current date in YYYY-MM-DD format (using system git)
-  fn get_current_date(&self) -> RailResult<String> {
-    // Use git to get current date (portable across platforms)
-    let output = Command::new("git")
-      .current_dir(self.ctx.workspace_root())
-      .args(["log", "-1", "--format=%cd", "--date=short"])
-      .output()
-      .map_err(|e| RailError::message(format!("Failed to get date: {}", e)))?;
-
-    if output.status.success() {
-      let date = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
-      if !date.is_empty() {
-        return Ok(date);
-      }
-    }
-
-    // Fallback: use system date command
-    let output = Command::new("date")
-      .args(["+%Y-%m-%d"])
-      .output()
-      .map_err(|e| RailError::message(format!("Failed to get system date: {}", e)))?;
-
-    let date = String::from_utf8_lossy(&output.stdout).trim().to_string();
-    Ok(date)
+  /// Get current date in YYYY-MM-DD format
+  fn get_current_date(&self) -> String {
+    Local::now().format("%Y-%m-%d").to_string()
   }
 
   fn format_version_header(