ci: .NET workflow tweaks

.github/workflows/dotnet.yml

@@ -1,22 +1,33 @@
-# Copyright 2010 New Relic, Inc.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
+# Copyright New Relic, Inc.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 ---
 name: .NET Agent CI
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # run test job only
+  workflow_dispatch: # run test job always, optionally publish a specific version
+    inputs:
+      publish_agent:
+        description: Publish the agent?
+        type: boolean
+        required: true
+        default: false
+      agent_version:
+        description: The agent version to publish (in SemVer format xx.xx.xx)
+        type: string
+        required: true
   pull_request: # run check modified files / test jobs
+    paths:
+      - 'src/dotnet/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/dotnet.yml'
+  push: # run check modified files / test jobs
+    branches:
+      - main
+    paths:
+      - 'dotnet/**'
+      - '.github/workflows/dotnet.yml'
+    # Do not run when a tag is created.
+    tags-ignore:
+      - "**"  
   release: # run check modified files / test / publish jobs
     types:
       - published
@@ -35,7 +46,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   check-modified-files:
-    name: Check whether any Dotnet-related files were modified, skip the test job if not
+    name: Check whether any Dotnet-related files were modified
     uses: ./.github/workflows/check-modified-files.yml
     secrets: inherit
     permissions:
@@ -113,8 +124,8 @@ jobs:
 
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # only publish on a dotnet release
-    if: github.event_name == 'release' && endsWith(github.ref_name, '_dotnet')
+    # publish on a dotnet release or when selected on a manual invocation
+    if: (github.event_name == 'release' && endsWith(github.ref_name, '_dotnet')) || (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.publish_agent)
     needs:
       - test
 
@@ -125,13 +136,17 @@ jobs:
           disable-sudo: true
           egress-policy: audit
 
-      - name: Extract Agent Version from release tag
+      - name: Extract Agent Version from release tag or workflow input
         id: version
         run: |
-          agent_version=${{ github.ref_name }}  # Use tag name
-          agent_version=${agent_version##v}  # Remove v prefix
-          agent_version=${agent_version%%_dotnet}  # Remove language suffix
-          echo "agent_version=${agent_version}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if (${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'}}) then
+            echo "agent_version=${{ inputs.agent_version }}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          else
+            agent_version=${{ github.ref_name }}  # Use tag name
+            agent_version=${agent_version##v}  # Remove v prefix
+            agent_version=${agent_version%%_dotnet}  # Remove language suffix
+            echo "agent_version=${agent_version}" | tee -a "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          fi
 
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # 4.1.1