improve

Makefile

@@ -73,5 +73,7 @@ release-deps:
 	cd /tmp && go get github.com/restic/calens
 
 # create local build versions
-dist: off
+dist: default
 	go run tools/create-artifacts/main.go -version ${VERSION} -commit ${GIT_COMMIT} -branch ${GIT_BRANCH} -goversion ${GO_VERSION}
+
+all: deps default

tools/create-artifacts/main.go

@@ -55,8 +55,15 @@ func init() {
 
 func main() {
 
-	os.RemoveAll("dist")
-	os.MkdirAll("dist", 0755)
+	if err := os.RemoveAll("dist"); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error removing dist folder: %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+
+	if err := os.MkdirAll("dist", 0755); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "error creating dist folder: %s", err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 
 	ldFlags := fmt.Sprintf("-s -X main.buildDate=%s -X main.gitCommit=%s -X main.gitBranch=%s -X main.version=%s -X main.goVersion=%s",
 		buildDate,

tools/prepare-release/main.go

@@ -54,6 +54,10 @@ func main() {
 		return
 	}
 
+	// also the build is okay
+	cmd := exec.Command("make", "all")
+	run(cmd)
+
 	fmt.Printf("Generating new release: version=%s\n", *version)
 
 	dt := time.Now()
@@ -65,7 +69,7 @@ func main() {
 		os.Exit(1)
 	}
 
-	cmd := exec.Command("mv", "changelog/unreleased", newChangelog)
+	cmd = exec.Command("mv", "changelog/unreleased", newChangelog)
 	run(cmd)
 
 	// install release-deps: calens