Creating a template wokflow for artifacts production

.github/workflows/build_artifacts.yml

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+# Variables:
+# - RUNNER_TAG: optional, defines on which runner the workflow will use, default ubuntu-latest
+# - DYNAMIC_MANIFEST: optional, if set it will build the manifest from header.yml and module.yml files (json not yet supported)
+# - MANIFEST_FILENAME: needed, the manifest name such as net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yaml
+
+name: "Build Artifacts for RetroDECK main manifest"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+     - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+
+jobs:
+
+  Building_project:
+    runs-on: ${{ env.RUNNER_TAG || 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+    steps:
+
+      # Circumventing this bug: https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak-builder/issues/317
+      # - name: Remove stuck mounts
+      #   run: sudo umount -f /home/ubuntu/solarus-runner/_work/RetroDECK-solarus/RetroDECK-solarus/.flatpak-builder/rofiles/*
+      #   continue-on-error: true
+    
+      - name: Clone repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
+          token: ${{ secrets.TRIGGER_BUILD_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: "Install dependencies"
+        run: "automation_tools/install_dependencies.sh"
+
+      - name: "Assembilng manifest"
+        if: ${{ env.DYNAMIC_MANIFEST == 'true' }}
+        run: "/bin/bash ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/automation_tools/assemble_manifest.sh"
+
+      - name: "[DEBUG] Outputting manifest"
+        continue-on-error: true
+        if: ${{ env.DYNAMIC_MANIFEST == 'true' }}
+        run: cat ${{ env.MANIFEST_FILENAME }}
+
+      - name: "Build flatpak"
+        run: |
+          git config --global protocol.file.allow always
+          flatpak-builder --user --force-clean \
+            --install-deps-from=flathub \
+            --install-deps-from=flathub-beta \
+            --repo=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/artifacts-repo \
+            "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/artifacts-build-dir \
+            "${{ env.MANIFEST_FILENAME }}"
+
+      - name: "Exporting dir tree"
+        id: tree
+        run: tree -H ./ > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/tree.html
+
+      - name: Create Artifact for RetroDECK
+        run: | 
+          tar -czf ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/RetroDECK-Artifact.tar.gz -C ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/artifacts-build-dir .
+          hash=($(sha256sum ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/RetroDECK-Artifact.tar.gz))
+          echo $hash > ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/RetroDECK-Artifact-cooker.sha
+          mv -f RetroDECK-Artifact-cooker.* ${{ secrets.ARTIFACT_REPO }}
+        continue-on-error: true
+        timeout-minutes: 1440
+
+      - name: Set environment variable with current branch name
+        run: echo "GITHUB_REF_SLUG=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Get branch name
+        id: branch_name
+        run: echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo $GITHUB_REF | sed 's|refs/heads/||')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Get date
+        id: date
+        run: echo "DATE=$(date +'%d%m%y.%S')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Publish the artifacts in a new release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: "${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ github.event.date || github.run_id }}"
+          body: |
+            # Release Notes
+            These are the artifacts for RetroDECK of {{ github.repository }}, built from commit: ${{ github.repository }}@${{ github.sha }}.
+            On branch [${{ github.ref_name }}](https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}/tree/${{ github.ref_name }}).
+
+          artifacts: "RetroDECK-Artifact.tar.gz, tree.html"
+          allowUpdates: true
+          makeLatest: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.TRIGGER_BUILD_TOKEN }}
+        continue-on-error: true