Github Actions - Link Artifacts in PR comments; alternaive: PIN

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ jobs:
         name: ${{ env.ARTIFACT_NAME }}
         path: obj/*.hex
 
-    - name: Output artifact ID
-      run: |
-        echo 'Artifact ID is ${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-id }}'
-        echo 'Artifact URL is ${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-url }}'
-
   artifacts:
     if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
     needs: build
@@ -151,31 +146,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     continue-on-error: false
     steps:
-      # Hide existing/outdated artifacts links
-      - name: Hide artifacts links from comments.
-        uses: int128/hide-comment-action@v1
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          authors: "github-actions"
-          contains: "Compiled HEX from this Pull-Request. WARNING: No warranty or guarantee of any kind. Test/Fly at your own risk!"
-        continue-on-error: true
-
       # Add artifacts links
       - name: Add artifacts link
         uses: beni69/artifact-link@v1
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         continue-on-error: true
 
-      # Add artifacts links
-      - name: Add artifacts link too
-        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v4
-        with:
-          body: |
-            Compiled HEX from this Pull-Request. WARNING: No warranty or guarantee of any kind. Test/Fly at your own risk!
-            ${{ steps.artifact-upload.outputs.artifact-url }}
-        continue-on-error: true
-
   releases:
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     needs: build

.github/workflows/pin-artifacts.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: Pin artifacts
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Build EmuFlight"]
+    types: ["completed"]
+
+jobs:
+  # Make artifacts links more visible for the upstream project
+  pin-artifacts:
+    permissions:
+      statuses: write
+    name: Add artifacts links to commit statuses
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Add artifacts links to commit status
+        run: |
+          set -x
+          workflow_id=${{ github.event.workflow_run.workflow_id }}
+          run_id=${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}  # instead of ${{ github.run_id }}
+          run_number=${{ github.event.workflow_run.run_number }}
+          head_branch=${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_branch }}
+          head_sha=${{ github.event.workflow_run.head_sha }}  # instead of ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} (or ${{ github.sha }})
+          check_suite_id=${{ github.event.workflow_run.check_suite_id }}
+          set +x
+
+          curl \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${run_id}/artifacts" \
+          | jq '[.artifacts | .[] | {"id": .id, "name": .name, "created_at": .created_at, "expires_at": .expires_at, "archive_download_url": .archive_download_url}] | sort_by(.name)' \
+          > artifacts.json
+
+          cat artifacts.json
+
+          < artifacts.json jq -r ".[] | \
+            .name + \"§\" + \
+            ( .id | tostring | \"https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/suites/${check_suite_id}/artifacts/\" + . ) + \"§\" + \
+            ( \"Link to \" + .name + \".zip [\" + ( .created_at | sub(\"T.*\"; \"→\") ) + ( .expires_at | sub(\"T.*\"; \"] (you must be logged)\" ) ) )" \
+          | while IFS="§" read name url descr; do
+              curl \
+              -X POST \
+              -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+              -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ github.token }}" \
+              "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/statuses/${head_sha}" \
+              -d "$( printf '{"state":"%s","target_url":"%s","description":"%s","context":"%s"}' "${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion }}" "$url" "$descr" "$name (artifact)" )"
+          done