From 343f647770629d4e9cac9a20aef8b6cd9536b890 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Keith Solomon <ksolomon@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2026 13:15:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Call Gitea REST API directly for releases (Gitea Actions
 compat)

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 64 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 58 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 07dac1c..9377a6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -69,12 +69,64 @@ jobs:
           path: dist/projects-portfolio-*.zip
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Create GitHub release
+      - name: Create release
         env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITEA_TOKEN }}
+          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+          TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: |
           set -euo pipefail
-          gh release create "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            --title "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" \
-            --generate-notes \
-            dist/projects-portfolio-*.zip
+          if [ -z "${GITEA_TOKEN:-}" ]; then
+            echo "::error::GITEA_TOKEN secret is not set. Create a personal access token in Gitea with 'write:repository' scope and add it as a repository secret named GITEA_TOKEN." >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+          API="https://git.keithsolomon.net/api/v1"
+
+          # Build the JSON payload with python (no jq dependency).
+          payload=$(TAG="$TAG" python3 -c '
+          import json, os, sys
+          tag = os.environ["TAG"]
+          body = (
+            "Automated release.\n\n"
+            "Built from commit " + os.environ.get("GITHUB_SHA", "unknown") + ".\n\n"
+            "See the workflow run for the artifact."
+          )
+          print(json.dumps({
+              "tag_name": tag,
+              "name": tag,
+              "body": body,
+              "draft": False,
+              "prerelease": False,
+          }))
+          ')
+
+          # 1. Create the release (Gitea doesn't auto-generate notes).
+          release_json=$(curl -fsS -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -d "$payload" \
+            "${API}/repos/${REPO}/releases")
+
+          # 2. Extract the release id (Gitea returns the full release object).
+          release_id=$(TAG="$TAG" python3 -c '
+          import json, sys
+          data = json.loads(sys.stdin.read())
+          print(data.get("id", ""))
+          ' <<<"$release_json")
+
+          if [ -z "$release_id" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Failed to create release. Response: $release_json" >&2
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "Created release id=$release_id"
+
+          # 3. Upload the zip as a release asset.
+          zip_path=( dist/projects-portfolio-*.zip )
+          zip_path="${zip_path[0]}"
+          curl -fsS -X POST \
+            -H "Authorization: token ${GITEA_TOKEN}" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/zip" \
+            --data-binary "@${zip_path}" \
+            "${API}/repos/${REPO}/releases/${release_id}/assets?name=$(basename "$zip_path")"
+          echo "Uploaded asset: $(basename "$zip_path")"