fix(chain): fix issue in release ci and command

changelog.md

@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 - [#4091](/~https://github.com/ignite/cli/pull/4091) Fix race conditions in the plugin logic
 - [#4128](/~https://github.com/ignite/cli/pull/4128) Check for duplicate proto fields in config
 - [#4402](/~https://github.com/ignite/cli/pull/4402) Fix gentx parser into the cosmosutil package
+- [#4474](/~https://github.com/ignite/cli/pull/4474) Fix issue in `build --release` command
 
 ## [`v28.7.0`](/~https://github.com/ignite/cli/releases/tag/v28.7.0)
 

ignite/pkg/archive/tar_gz.go

@@ -41,6 +41,19 @@ func addToArchive(tw *tar.Writer, filename string) error {
 	}
 
 	// Create a tar Header from the FileInfo data
+	if info.IsDir() {
+		hdr, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, info.Name())
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		hdr.Name = filename
+		if err := tw.WriteHeader(hdr); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	header, err := tar.FileInfoHeader(info, info.Name())
 	if err != nil {
 		return err

ignite/services/chain/build.go

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ func (c *Chain) BuildRelease(
 		defer tarf.Close()
 
 		if err := archive.CreateArchive(out, tarf); err != nil {
-			return "", err
+			return "", errors.Errorf("error creating release archive: %w", err)
 		}
 	}
 

ignite/templates/app/files/.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           args: chain build --release --release.prefix ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tarball_prefix }} -t linux:amd64 -t darwin:amd64 -t darwin:arm64 -y
         env:
           DO_NOT_TRACK: 1
+          GOFLAGS: "-buildvcs=false"
 
       - name: Delete the "latest" Release
         uses: dev-drprasad/delete-tag-and-release@v0.2.1