Uploading artifacts to existing tag/release

[vitalykarasik]

Either I'm missing something basic, or there is a weird bug.
When I'm using this code in my workflow and triggering workflow using 'release create' event, action works nice:

      - name: Upload Release assets
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        with:
          files: dist/**

But if I'm calling my workflow in another way [i.e. via push event or with workflow_call] and providing tag_name, it fails with "resource":"Release","code":"already_exists","field":"tag_name".

       - name: Upload Release assets
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
            files: dist/**
            tag_name: 'refs/tags/v0.91.31.00'     

In both cases, Github tag and release already existed before I called my workflow. So why in the first case it worked, and in another case failed?

Any idea how to explain that?
Thanks, Vitaly

[koss110]

If I understand the concept correctly, it should be triggered only once per each TAG.
In case you have to update existing release, you have to rename/delete it before before.
Since you want to update some existing release, I assume there are some code changes, so the tag/version should be patched.
@vitalykarasik

[vitalykarasik]

In case you have to update existing release, you have to rename/delete it before.

Agree in general. But in my case, I have a few workflows, that build artifacts, and all of them should be attached to the same GitHub release.

[wax911]

I am also interested in the development of this, in my use case I have https://github.com/release-drafter/release-drafter which generates a draft release and tag with change-log and manages version resolution based on branch/label rules, followed by a custom workflow which will generate assets upon the publication of the tag & release which I would like to ideally attach assets to

[capric8416]

You can use gh release upload relase_name file_path to upload file to a existing relase, for example:

1. create a release on tag pushed in release_linux_darwin_targets.yml
2. upload build artifacts of linux and darwin targets in release_linux_darwin_targets.yml
3. upload build artifacts of windows targets in release_windows_targets.yml
   https://github.com/ascpkg/asc/blob/main/.github/workflows/release_linux_darwin_targets.yml
   https://github.com/ascpkg/asc/blob/main/.github/workflows/release_windows_targets.yml