Update main.yml

.github/workflows/main.yml

@@ -5,8 +5,23 @@ on:
  workflow_dispatch: # This allows you to manually trigger the workflow from the GitHub UI
 
 jobs:
- build:
+ prepare: # creates a timestamp once to be used on all matrix jobs
+ runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+ outputs:
+ timestamp: ${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.timestamp }}
+ steps:
+ - name: Generate timestamp
+ id: timestamp
+ run: echo "::set-output name=timestamp::$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S)"
 
+ - name: Save timestamp
+ uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+ with:
+ name: timestamp
+ path: ${{ steps.timestamp.outputs.timestamp }}
+
+ build:
+ needs: prepare
  runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
  strategy:
  matrix:
@@ -22,13 +37,15 @@ jobs:
  CMAKE_ARGS: -G"Visual Studio 17 2022" -A"x64"
 
  steps:
-
- - name: Set global action variables
- shell: bash
- run: |
- TAG_NAME="release-$(date +'%Y%m%d')"
- echo "TAG_NAME=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_ENV
- 
+ - name: Download timestamp
+ uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+ with:
+ name: timestamp
+
+ - name: Read timestamp and create tag name
+ id: set_env
+ run: echo "TAG_NAME=$(cat timestamp)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
  - uses: actions/checkout@v4
  with:
  path: contrib