libffi/.github/workflows/tarball.yml

name: snapshot-dist-tarball
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  dist:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Install tools
        run: |
          sudo apt update
          sudo apt install texlive texinfo autoconf automake libtool libltdl-dev

      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with: {fetch-depth: 0}

      - name: Compute snapshot VERSION
        id: ver
        run: |
          DESC=$(git describe --long --tags --match 'v[0-9]*' 2>/dev/null || echo "")
          VERSION=$(echo "$DESC" | sed -E 's/^v//; s/-([0-9]+)-g/\.\1+g/')
          if [[ -z "$VERSION" || "$VERSION" == "$DESC" ]]; then
            VERSION="3.5.1-dev.0+g$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
          fi
          echo "VERSION=$VERSION"           >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
          echo "version=$VERSION"           >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Patch configure.ac
        run: |
          sed -Ei "s/^(AC_INIT\(\[libffi\],\s*\[)[^]]+/\1${VERSION}/" configure.ac
          sed -Ei "s/^(FFI_VERSION_STRING=\")[^\"]+/\1${VERSION}/"    configure.ac

      - run: autoreconf -fi
      - run: ./configure
      - run: make dist     # produces libffi-${VERSION}.tar.gz

      - name: Wipe old snapshot assets
        uses: mknejp/delete-release-assets@v1
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          tag: snapshots            # ← whatever tag your nightly release uses
          assets: |
            libffi-*.tar.*
            libffi-*.zip

      - name: Create (or update) “snapshots” release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          tag_name: snapshots
          prerelease: true
          body: "Snapshot built from ${{ github.sha }}"
          files: libffi-${{ env.VERSION }}.tar.*