release-tarball.yml

name: Create Complete Release Tarball

on:
  release:
    types: [published]

jobs:
  release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          path: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}

      - name: Setup Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
        with:
          python-version: '3.11'

      - name: Pip install mepo
        run: |
          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
          pip install mepo

      - name: Run mepo
        run : |
          cd ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
          mepo clone

      - name: Create tarball
        run: |
          tar --exclude-vcs --exclude=.mepo -cf ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.COMPLETE.tar ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
          xz -T6 ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.COMPLETE.tar

      - name: Upload tarball
        run: |
          gh release upload ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} ${{ github.event.repository.name }}-${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}.COMPLETE.tar.xz -R ${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ github.event.repository.name }}
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}