i messed up the workflow whoops

.gitea/actions/esp-idf-ci-action/action.yaml

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+name: "Espressif IoT Development Framework (ESP-IDF)"
+description: "This action builds your firmware for ESP32 directly in GitHub using Espressif ESP-IDF Docker image."
+branding:
+  color: red
+  icon: wifi
+inputs:
+  path:
+    description: "Relative path under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE containing the project"
+    default: "."
+    required: false
+  esp_idf_version:
+    default: "latest"
+    required: false
+  esp_idf_docker_image:
+    default: "espressif/idf"
+    required: false
+  extra_docker_args:
+    default: ""
+    required: false
+  target:
+    default: "esp32"
+    required: false
+  command:
+    default: "idf.py build"
+    required: false
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - shell: bash
+      env:
+        INPUT_PATH: ${{ inputs.path }}
+        INPUT_TARGET: ${{ inputs.target }}
+        INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.esp_idf_version }}
+        INPUT_IMAGE: ${{ inputs.esp_idf_docker_image }}
+        INPUT_EXTRA: ${{ inputs.extra_docker_args }}
+        INPUT_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.command }}
+      run: |
+        set -euo pipefail
+        IDF_TARGET=$(echo "$INPUT_TARGET" | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' | tr -d '_-')
+        WORKDIR="/project/${INPUT_PATH}"
+
+        CID=$(docker create -t \
+          -e IDF_TARGET="$IDF_TARGET" \
+          -w "$WORKDIR" \
+          $INPUT_EXTRA \
+          "${INPUT_IMAGE}:${INPUT_VERSION}" \
+          /bin/bash -c "git config --global --add safe.directory '*' && ${INPUT_COMMAND}")
+
+        cleanup() { docker rm -f "$CID" >/dev/null 2>&1 || true; }
+        trap cleanup EXIT
+
+        docker cp "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/." "$CID:/project"
+
+        status=0
+        docker start -a "$CID" || status=$?
+
+        # copy build output back so later steps (artifact upload etc.) can use it
+        mkdir -p "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${INPUT_PATH}"
+        docker cp "$CID:$WORKDIR/build/." "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/${INPUT_PATH}/build" 2>/dev/null || true
+
+        exit $status

.gitea/workflows/build.yaml

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+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+      - name: esp-idf build
+        uses: ./.gitea/actions/esp-idf-ci-action
+        with:
+          esp_idf_version: v6.0.2
+          target: esp32c6
+
+      - name: Package firmware
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          NAME="firmware-${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          PROJECT_BIN="mcu_code.bin"
+
+          mkdir -p "release/${NAME}/build/bootloader" "release/${NAME}/build/partition_table"
+          
+          # Keep the build/ layout so "@flash_args" works after unzipping
+          cp build/bootloader/bootloader.bin           "release/${NAME}/build/bootloader/"
+          cp build/partition_table/partition-table.bin "release/${NAME}/build/partition_table/"
+          cp "build/${PROJECT_BIN}"                    "release/${NAME}/build/"
+          cp build/flash_args                          "release/${NAME}/build/"
+          (cd release && zip -qr "${NAME}.zip" "${NAME}")
+          
+          # Standalone copies
+          cp build/bootloader/bootloader.bin           release/
+          cp build/partition_table/partition-table.bin release/
+          cp "build/${PROJECT_BIN}"                    release/
+          
+          cat > release/notes.md <<EOF
+          ## Flashing (${CHIP})
+          
+          Requires [esptool](https://github.com/espressif/esptool) (\`pip install esptool\`).
+          
+          **Option 1: with the individual files**
+          
+          \`\`\`
+          python -m esptool --chip ${CHIP} -b 460800 --before default-reset --after hard-reset write-flash --flash-mode dio --flash-size 4MB --flash-freq 80m 0x0 build/bootloader/bootloader.bin 0x8000 build/partition_table/partition-table.bin 0x10000 build/${PROJECT_BIN}
+          \`\`\`
+          
+          **Option 2: unzip \`${NAME}.zip\`, then from inside its \`build\` directory**
+          
+          \`\`\`
+          python -m esptool --chip ${CHIP} -b 460800 --before default-reset --after hard-reset write-flash "@flash_args"
+          \`\`\`
+          EOF
+
+      - name: Create release
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body_path: release/notes.md
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: true
+
+      # actions/upload-release-asset relies on GitHub's templated upload_url, which Gitea
+      # doesn't provide, so attach the files through Gitea's API. The release ID is looked
+      # up by tag rather than taken from the step's outputs, because the old toolkit inside
+      # actions/create-release may emit outputs in a format Gitea's runner doesn't parse.
+      - name: Upload release assets
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          API="${GITHUB_API_URL:-${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/api/v1}/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}"
+          
+          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -fsS -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+            "${API}/releases/tags/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" | jq -r .id)
+          
+          for f in release/firmware-*.zip release/bootloader.bin release/partition-table.bin "release/${PROJECT_BIN}"; do
+            echo "Uploading $(basename "$f")"
+            curl -fsS -X POST "${API}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=$(basename "$f")" \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${TOKEN}" \
+              -F "attachment=@${f}" >/dev/null
+          done

main/mcu-code.cpp

@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const char *test = "amai zeg\n";
 #define NODE_NUMBER 1
 #define TOTAL_NUMBER_OF_NODES 4
 
+// testing if the release packaging works
+
 
 uint8_t node_mac[ESP_NOW_ETH_ALEN] = {0xDE, 0xD5, 0xEC, 0x00, 0x00, 0x02};
 

workflows/build.yaml

@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: Build
-
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          submodules: 'recursive'
-
-      - name: esp-idf build
-        uses: https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf-ci-action@v1
-        with:
-          esp_idf_version: v4.4
-          target: esp32s2
-          path: '.'