Finalization tryout...

.github/workflows/generate-release-zipfile.yml

@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   GenerateReleaseZipfile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    # To allow access to the artifact with the GITHUB_TOKEN at the last step
-    permissions: read-all
+    # Trying to help access to the artifact with the GITHUB_TOKEN at the last step but didn't help.
+    #permissions: read-all
     steps:
       - name: Generate some content
         run: |
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           echo tutu >> tutu.txt
           echo tutuuuuu >> tutu2.txt
           echo tutuuuuu >> "tutu tutu.txt"
+          # Github doesn't like special characters.
           #echo ratata >> 'tutu tutu*.txt'
           ls -R
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Testing the artifact uploading
         id: "uploading"
         uses: ./myaction
+        # For comparison
         #uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: |
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: "Cleanup Github"
         run: rm -rvf myaction
 
-      - name: Is there any output for the previous step ?
+      - name: Is there any output for the uploading step ?
         run: |
           set -x
           printf "steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-id: %s\n" "${{ steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-id }}"
@@ -79,10 +81,13 @@ jobs:
           # - ...but we get redirect to Windows.net/Azure data warehouse which refuses GITHUB_TOKEN...
           # -> so, if the api.github.com fails, we try to extract the redirect location and hit it without any header.
           # ('beginning to wonder if Github's changing master to main was also a part of a plot to complexify our lives...)
-          TMP_WGET_OUTPUT="$( mktemp )"
-          wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" --header "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/artifacts/${{ steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-id }}/zip" 2>"$TMP_WGET_OUTPUT" || (
-            wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" "$( sed -n 's/^Location: \(.*\) \[following\]/\1/p' "$TMP_WGET_OUTPUT" | tail -n 1 )"
-          )
+          WGET_OUTPUT="$( wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" \
+            --header "Authorization: Bearer $GITHUB_TOKEN" \
+            "https://api.github.com/repos/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/artifacts/${{ steps.uploading.outputs.artifact-id }}/zip" 2>&1 )" \
+          || wget -O "$DOWNLOAD_FILE" \
+            "$( echo "$WGET_OUTPUT" | sed -n 's/^Location: \(.*\) \[following\]/\1/p' | tail -n 1 )"
+
+          # unzip and check
           unzip "$DOWNLOAD_FILE"
           sha256sum -c "$SHASUM_FILE"
 

action.yml

@@ -36,13 +36,15 @@ runs:
   steps:
     # ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN is not yet available (2024-08) for composite actions on Github :
     # https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/3046
-    - name: Expose GitHub Runtime
-      if: env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN == ''
-      uses: "https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@v3"
+    # Forgejo tries to download this remote action even if it's not needed :
+    # uncomment if you want to run this action in Github.
+    #- name: Expose GitHub Runtime
+    #  if: env.ACTIONS_RUNTIME_TOKEN == ''
+    #  uses: "https://github.com/crazy-max/ghaction-github-runtime@v3"
 
     - name: Upload artifact (using v4)
       shell: sh
-      # id required for the outputs extraction
+      # id for reference in the outputs extraction
       id: uploading
       run: |
         # Some optional help for debugging.
@@ -117,6 +119,7 @@ runs:
         ARTIFACT_ID="$( echo "$RESPONSE" | sed -n 's/.*"artifact_\?Id" *: *"\([^"]\+\)".*/\1/ip' )"
         echo artifact-id="$ARTIFACT_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         if [ "$GITHUB_SERVER_URL" = "https://github.com" ]; then
+          # note: as an alternative, there is https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/actions/artifacts/ARTIFACT_ID
           echo artifact-url="$GITHUB_SERVER_URL"/"$GITHUB_REPOSITORY"/actions/runs/"$GITHUB_RUN_ID"/artifacts/"$ARTIFACT_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         else
           # Gitea & Forgejo : github.run_number instead of github.run_id and name of the artifact instead of artifact_id