How do I skip building certain docker images based on the --id flag?

[TylerHelmuth]

I'd like to use the --id flag to tell the goreleaser-action which build in my config should be built for a particular github action:

        name: Run GoReleaser
        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
        with:
          distribution: goreleaser-pro
          version: latest
          args: --snapshot --clean --skip-sign --skip-sbom --timeout 2h --split --id otelcol-contrib

This works exactly like I want it to until goreleaser starts building the docker images, where fails when it starts building images for a build that wasn't specified in the --id flag.

I thought I could use the ids configuration option to specify which docker images to build, but that didn't work either:

    - goos: linux
      goarch: "386"
      ids:
        - otelcol
      dockerfile: distributions/otelcol/Dockerfile
      image_templates:
        - otel/opentelemetry-collector:{{ .Version }}-386
        - otel/opentelemetry-collector:latest-386
        - ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/opentelemetry-collector:{{ .Version }}-386
        - ghcr.io/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases/opentelemetry-collector:latest-386
      extra_files:
        - configs/otelcol.yaml
      build_flag_templates:
        - --pull
        - --platform=linux/386
        - --label=org.opencontainers.image.created={{.Date}}
        - --label=org.opencontainers.image.name={{.ProjectName}}
        - --label=org.opencontainers.image.revision={{.FullCommit}}
        - --label=org.opencontainers.image.version={{.Version}}
        - --label=org.opencontainers.image.source={{.GitURL}}
      use: buildx

still builds even when --ids otelcol-contrib is specified.

Is what I'm trying to achieve possible? If you're interested, the backstory is here: open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-releases#429

[caarlos0]

hmmmm this sounds like something that def should be improved.

I will try to work on it this week, and update it here once its done.

Thanks for the feedback 🙏

[caarlos0]

just fixed this on pro, will be on the next release.

also open a pr improving handling of skipped pipes

thanks for the feedback 🙏