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.forgejo/workflows/build-image.yml

@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ jobs:
       # They are defined in group_vars/all.yml, but can be overridden from here if needed.
       # TEMPLATE_VMID: 9001 # Removed from direct env for explicit passing to Ansible
       # LATEST_TEMPLATE_VMID: 9000 # Removed from direct env for explicit passing to Ansible
-
+    outputs:
+      image-name: ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image_name_from_build }}
+      flake-metadata: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.metadata}}
+      artifacts-url: ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.artifact-url}}
     steps:
       # Use nix-env for setup (as you prefer and it works well for ephemeral environments)
       - name: Install dependencies via nix-env
@@ -76,11 +79,13 @@ jobs:
 
           # Capture the actual image path from the result symlink for Ansible
           IMAGE_PATH=$(find result/ -name "*.vma.zst" | head -n 1)
+          IMAGE_NAME=$(basename "$IMAGE_PATH")
           if [ -z "$IMAGE_PATH" ]; then
             echo "Error: No .vma.zst image found after build."
             exit 1
           fi
           echo "image_path_from_build=${IMAGE_PATH}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "image_name_from_build=${IMAGE_NAME}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Run Proxmox Image Deployment
         run: |
@@ -103,12 +108,27 @@ jobs:
             proxmox_user={{ env.PROXMOX_USER }}
             remote_image_path_ci={{ steps.build_image.outputs.image_path_from_build }}
 
+      - name: Extract image filename
+        id: image
+        run: |
+          IMAGE=$(basename ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image_path_from_build }}/*.vma.zst)
+          echo "Image filename: $IMAGE"
+          echo "filename=$IMAGE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Extract flake metadata
+        id: meta
+        run: |
+          nix flake metadata --json > metadata.json
+          META=$(cat metadata.json | jq -r '.locks.nodes.root.inputs | to_entries[] | "* \(.key): \(.value.locked.url) @ \(.value.locked.rev)"' | sed ':a;N;$!ba;s/\n/\\n/g')
+          echo "metadata=$META" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
       - name: Upload Artifact
+        id: artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         if: ${{ steps.build_image.outputs.image_path_from_build }}
         with:
-          name: nixos-base-image
-          path: result
+          name: build-artifact
+          path: .
 
   release:
     name: Release Image
@@ -116,12 +136,6 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: success()
     steps:
-      - name: Download Artifact
-        id: artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: nixos-base-image
-
       - name: Set version
         id: version
         run: |
@@ -135,21 +149,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "Version: $TAG_NAME"
           echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
-      - name: Parse image filename
-        id: image
-        run: |
-          IMAGE=$(basename ${{ steps.artifact.outputs.download-path }}/*.vma.zst)
-          echo "Image filename: $IMAGE"
-          echo "filename=$IMAGE" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      # - name: Extract flake metadata
-      #   id: meta
-      #   run: |
-      #     META=$(nix flake metadata --json | jq -r '.locks.nodes.root.inputs | to_entries[] | "* \(.key): \(.value.locked.url) @ \(.value.locked.rev)"')
-      #     echo "metadata<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      #     echo "$META" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-      #     echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
       - name: Create Forgejo Release
         uses: https://code.forgejo.org/sheik/forgejo-release@v2.6.0
         with:
@@ -161,12 +160,16 @@ jobs:
             ✅ **Base NixOS image uploaded**
 
             **🧱 Image File:**
-            `/var/lib/vz/dump/${{ steps.image.outputs.filename }}`
+            `/var/lib/vz/dump/${{ needs.build.outputs.image-name }}`
 
-            **🔗 Build Logs:**
-            [View Actions Run](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_number }})
+            **🔗 Build Results:**
+            [View Build Logs](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_number }})
+            [Download Build Artifact](${{ needs.build.outputs.artifacts-url }})
 
             **🔐 Flake Revision:**
             `${{ github.sha }}`
 
-          release-dir: "${{ steps.artifact.outputs.download-path }}/nix-support"
+            **📦 Flake Inputs:**
+            ${{ needs.build.outputs.flake-metadata }}
+
+          release-dir: "."