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fix(ci): onboard Renovate and move onto current action majors - #3

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This repo had no Renovate config at all, so nothing was ever going to bump it.
Every action was several majors behind: checkout v4 (current v7), setup-node v4
(v7), setup-go v5 (v7), upload-artifact v4 (v7), download-artifact v4 (v8).

renovate.json is the actual fix. The bumps just clear the backlog Renovate
would otherwise open five PRs for, and the org preset SHA-pins actions, so
Renovate converts these tags to commit SHAs on its first run.

These majors carry real breaking changes, so each was checked rather than
assumed:

  • checkout v6+ and the artifact actions v6/v7+ require Actions Runner >= 2.329.0
    / 2.327.1. The ARC scale set this repo uses reports 2.336.0.
  • download-artifact v5's breaking path change applies to downloads BY ID. This
    workflow downloads by name into an explicit path.
  • upload-artifact v7 (direct uploads) and download-artifact v8 (no longer
    unzips everything) are one generation and move together, which is the
    supported path. Splitting them is what breaks.

Left alone on purpose: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 and
EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2 are already the current major, and
dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable / taiki-e/install-action@nextest name a
channel rather than a version.

Worth knowing: release.yml only runs on a release, so those steps are not
exercised until the next one.

Part of a fleet sweep - hyperi-io/hyperi-ci#100.

Every action here was several majors behind because this repo has no Renovate
config at all - nothing was ever going to bump it. checkout v4 (current v7),
setup-node v4 (v7), setup-go v5 (v7), upload-artifact v4 (v7), download-artifact
v4 (v8).

Adding renovate.json is the actual fix; the bumps just clear the backlog it
would otherwise open five PRs for. The org preset also SHA-pins actions, so
Renovate will convert these tags to commit SHAs on its first run - which is why
they are left as tags here rather than pinned by hand.

The majors carry real breaking changes, so each was checked rather than assumed:

- checkout v6+ and the artifact actions v6/v7+ need Actions Runner >= 2.329.0 /
  2.327.1. The ARC scale set this repo uses reports 2.336.0.
- download-artifact v5's breaking path change applies to downloads BY ID; this
  workflow downloads by name into an explicit path.
- upload-artifact v7's direct uploads and download-artifact v8's "no longer
  unzips everything" are one generation and move together, which is the
  supported path. Splitting them is what breaks.

Left alone deliberately: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2 and
EmbarkStudios/cargo-deny-action@v2 are already the current major, and
dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable / taiki-e/install-action@nextest name a channel
rather than a version.

NOTE: release.yml only runs on a release, so those steps are not exercised
until the next one.

Refs hyperi-io/hyperi-ci#100
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