Holy shit this might have worked

.forgejo/workflows/release.yml

@@ -1,16 +1,9 @@
 name: release
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
   push:
     tags:
       - '*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: 'Tag name for release (creates tag at HEAD)'
-        required: true
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -46,35 +39,29 @@ jobs:
         env:
           FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.FORGEJO_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          echo "Token present: ${FORGEJO_TOKEN:+yes}"
+          TAG="${{ github.ref_name }}"
-          echo "Token length: ${#FORGEJO_TOKEN}"
-
-          TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.tag || github.ref_name }}"
           API_BASE="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1"
           REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
 
-          echo "Looking for release: ${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases/tags/${TAG}"
+          # check if release exists
-          RESPONSE=$(wget -qO- --header="Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
+          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf \
-            "${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases/tags/${TAG}" 2>/dev/null || echo '{}')
+            -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
-          echo "Lookup response: ${RESPONSE}"
+            "${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases/tags/${TAG}" | jq -r '.id // empty')
-          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.id // empty')
 
           if [ -z "$RELEASE_ID" ]; then
             echo "Creating release for ${TAG}..."
-            RESPONSE=$(wget -qO- --header="Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
+            RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sf \
-              --header="Content-Type: application/json" \
+              -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
-              --post-data='{"tag_name": "'"${TAG}"'", "name": "'"${TAG}"'"}' \
+              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-              "${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases" 2>&1)
+              -d '{"tag_name":"'"${TAG}"'","name":"'"${TAG}"'"}' \
-            echo "Create response: ${RESPONSE}"
+              "${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases" | jq -r '.id')
-            RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RESPONSE" | jq -r '.id')
           fi
 
           echo "Release ID: ${RELEASE_ID}"
 
-          # upload assets (still need curl for multipart)
           for file in lofivor-linux-x86_64 lofivor-windows-x86_64.exe; do
             echo "Uploading $file..."
-            curl -sf -X POST \
+            curl -sf \
               -H "Authorization: token ${FORGEJO_TOKEN}" \
               -F "attachment=@${file}" \
               "${API_BASE}/repos/${REPO}/releases/${RELEASE_ID}/assets?name=${file}"