update github workload vm image

[Masber]

Dear cargo dist community,

I am using cargo dist and need to update the vm used by github actions my pipeline from ubuntu-20.04 to ubuntu-24.04, I attempted using dist init -y and then updated the .github/workflows/release.yml without success because github would complaint about

The template is not valid. .github/workflows/release.yml (Line: 275, Col: 28): Error reading JToken from JsonReader. Path '', line 0, position 0.,.github/workflows/release.yml (Line: 276, Col: 31): Error reading JToken from JsonReader. Path '', line 0, position 0.,.github/workflows/release.yml (Line: 277, Col: 30): Error reading JToken from JsonReader. Path '', line 0, position 0.

Any idea on how could I make changes to .github/workflows/release.yml

thank you very much

[duckinator]

Hi! Sorry for the delay, everyone was off for the holidays. 🙂

Are you still having this problem?

My understanding is you successfully ran dist init -y, manually updated release.yml, then pushed the changes to GitHub -- is that correct? If so, can you provide the modified release.yml file?

[mistydemeo]

If you'd like to change which Linux runner builds will use, you can do that by using the custom runner feature in your config: https://opensource.axo.dev/cargo-dist/book/ci/customizing.html#custom-runners

If you do this, then dist will write out a new release.yml with the runner you selected without having to hand-edit it.