feat: allow to skip scm release uploads

internal/pipe/release/release.go

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/client"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/extrafiles"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/git"
+	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/pipe"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/internal/semerrgroup"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/config"
 	"github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/pkg/context"
@@ -110,6 +111,10 @@ func doPublish(ctx *context.Context, client client.Client) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
+	if ctx.Config.Release.SkipUpload {
+		return pipe.Skip("release.skip_upload is set")
+	}
+
 	extraFiles, err := extrafiles.Find(ctx, ctx.Config.Release.ExtraFiles)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

internal/pipe/release/release_test.go

@@ -612,6 +612,18 @@ func TestSkip(t *testing.T) {
 		require.True(t, Pipe{}.Skip(ctx))
 	})
 
+	t.Run("skip upload", func(t *testing.T) {
+		ctx := context.New(config.Project{
+			Release: config.Release{
+				SkipUpload: true,
+			},
+		})
+		client := &client.Mock{}
+		testlib.AssertSkipped(t, doPublish(ctx, client))
+		require.True(t, client.CreatedRelease)
+		require.False(t, client.UploadedFile)
+	})
+
 	t.Run("dont skip", func(t *testing.T) {
 		require.False(t, Pipe{}.Skip(context.New(config.Project{})))
 	})

pkg/config/config.go

@@ -514,6 +514,7 @@ type Release struct {
 	Gitea                  Repo        `yaml:"gitea,omitempty" json:"gitea,omitempty"`
 	Draft                  bool        `yaml:"draft,omitempty" json:"draft,omitempty"`
 	Disable                bool        `yaml:"disable,omitempty" json:"disable,omitempty"`
+	SkipUpload             bool        `yaml:"skip_upload,omitempty" json:"skip_upload,omitempty"`
 	Prerelease             string      `yaml:"prerelease,omitempty" json:"prerelease,omitempty"`
 	NameTemplate           string      `yaml:"name_template,omitempty" json:"name_template,omitempty"`
 	IDs                    []string    `yaml:"ids,omitempty" json:"ids,omitempty"`

www/docs/customization/release.md

@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ release:
   # Defaults to false.
   disable: true
 
+  # Set this to true if you want to disable just the artifact upload to the SCM.
+  # If this is true, GoReleaser will still create the release with the changelog, but won't upload anything to it.
+  #
+  # Defaults to false.
+  skip_upload: true
+
   # You can add extra pre-existing files to the release.
   # The filename on the release will be the last part of the path (base).
   # If another file with the same name exists, the last one found will be used.