re-add nightly releases

Author: Frotty

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -95,3 +95,71 @@ jobs:
             de.peeeq.wurstscript/build/releases/*.sha256
           if-no-files-found: error
           retention-days: 7
+
+  nightly_release:
+    name: Nightly prerelease (master)
+    needs: build
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.event_name == 'push'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # needed to publish a Release with GITHUB_TOKEN
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all packaged artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: artifacts
+
+      # Copy only archives (skip .sha256 for nightly)
+      - name: Gather files (zip + tar.gz, no checksums)
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          mkdir -p upload
+          find artifacts -type f \( -name '*.zip' -o -name '*.tar.gz' \) -print0 | xargs -0 -I{} cp "{}" upload/
+
+      # Ensure both Windows (.zip) and Linux (.tar.gz) exist
+      - name: Verify we have both archive types
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          shopt -s nullglob
+          zips=(upload/*.zip)
+          tars=(upload/*.tar.gz)
+          echo "Found ${#zips[@]} zip(s) and ${#tars[@]} tar.gz file(s)."
+          if (( ${#zips[@]} == 0 || ${#tars[@]} == 0 )); then
+            echo "ERROR: Expected both .zip (Windows) and .tar.gz (Linux) artifacts."
+            ls -alR upload || true
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      # Rename artifacts to include 'nightly' instead of version
+      - name: Normalize nightly filenames
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          shopt -s nullglob
+          for f in upload/*; do
+            base="$(basename "$f")"
+            new="$(echo "$base" | sed -E 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*([.-][0-9A-Za-z]+)*)/nightly/; s/--/-/g')"
+            if [[ "$base" != "$new" ]]; then
+              mv -f "upload/$base" "upload/$new"
+            fi
+          done
+          echo "After rename:"
+          ls -alh upload
+
+      - name: Publish Nightly Release (rolling 'nightly' tag)
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: nightly                 # reuse same tag; no new tag per run
+          name: Nightly Build (master)      # stable title
+          prerelease: true
+          draft: false
+          make_latest: false
+          generate_release_notes: false
+          body: |
+            Nightly build for the latest commit on `master`.
+            This release is automatically updated in-place (same tag).
+          files: |
+            upload/**
+          fail_on_unmatched_files: false    # single glob; we've verified both types exist
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -3,14 +3,18 @@ name: Release slim runtimes (jlink)
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - 'v*'   # e.g. v1.8.1.0
+      - 'v*' 
   workflow_dispatch:
 
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build ${{ matrix.plat }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
+    # keep four platforms as you had
       matrix:
         include:
           - os: windows-latest
@@ -61,5 +65,10 @@ jobs:
             de.peeeq.wurstscript/build/releases/wurst-compiler-*-*.zip
             de.peeeq.wurstscript/build/releases/wurst-compiler-*-*.tar.gz
             de.peeeq.wurstscript/build/releases/*.sha256
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}   # ensures assets attach to the pushed v* tag
+          name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          generate_release_notes: true
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}