From c5b99b1fb3e3fc31fb892eca6bece7c8d4a8ca62 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremie Fraeys <jfaeys@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2026 14:52:48 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Install Zig from official GitHub releases

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b9c61c7..3b204db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Zig
         run: |
           if ! command -v zig &> /dev/null; then
-            sudo snap install zig --beta --classic
+            ZIG_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/ziglang/zig/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "\K[0-9.]+')
+            wget -qO zig.tar.xz https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-x86_64-linux-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+            sudo mkdir -p /opt/zig
+            sudo tar xf zig.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C /opt/zig
+            sudo ln -s /opt/zig/zig /usr/local/bin/zig
+            rm -f zig.tar.xz
           fi
           zig version