From 169dd986422729f97812fbefd6dc6f5b99c5a973 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeremie Fraeys <jfaeys@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:18:54 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix(ci): use GitHub releases for Zig download with better
 error handling

- Switch from ziglang.org/download to github.com/ziglang/zig/releases

- Add curl -fsSL --retry 3 for reliable downloads

- Use file-based extraction instead of pipe-to-tar for verification
---
 .forgejo/workflows/ci.yml | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
index ac862e2..ac9548d 100644
--- a/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.forgejo/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -77,13 +77,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "Zig ${ZIG_VERSION} already installed - skipping download"
         else
           echo "Installing Zig ${ZIG_VERSION}..."
+          ZIG_DIR="/usr/local/zig-${ZIG_VERSION}"
           if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-            curl -sL "https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local -xJf -
-            sudo ln -sf "/usr/local/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
+            curl -fsSL --retry 3 "https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo mkdir -p "${ZIG_DIR}"
+            sudo tar -C "${ZIG_DIR}" --strip-components=1 -xJf /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo ln -sf "${ZIG_DIR}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
           elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-            curl -sL "https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local -xJf -
-            sudo ln -sf "/usr/local/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
+            curl -fsSL --retry 3 "https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo mkdir -p "${ZIG_DIR}"
+            sudo tar -C "${ZIG_DIR}" --strip-components=1 -xJf /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo ln -sf "${ZIG_DIR}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
           fi
+          rm -f /tmp/zig.tar.xz
           echo "Zig ${ZIG_VERSION} installed"
         fi
         zig version
@@ -188,13 +194,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "Zig ${ZIG_VERSION} already installed - skipping download"
         else
           echo "Installing Zig ${ZIG_VERSION}..."
+          ZIG_DIR="/usr/local/zig-${ZIG_VERSION}"
           if [[ "$OSTYPE" == "linux-gnu"* ]]; then
-            curl -sL "https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local -xJf -
-            sudo ln -sf "/usr/local/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
+            curl -fsSL --retry 3 "https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-linux-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo mkdir -p "${ZIG_DIR}"
+            sudo tar -C "${ZIG_DIR}" --strip-components=1 -xJf /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo ln -sf "${ZIG_DIR}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
           elif [[ "$OSTYPE" == "darwin"* ]]; then
-            curl -sL "https://ziglang.org/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" | sudo tar -C /usr/local -xJf -
-            sudo ln -sf "/usr/local/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
+            curl -fsSL --retry 3 "https://github.com/ziglang/zig/releases/download/${ZIG_VERSION}/zig-macos-x86_64-${ZIG_VERSION}.tar.xz" -o /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo mkdir -p "${ZIG_DIR}"
+            sudo tar -C "${ZIG_DIR}" --strip-components=1 -xJf /tmp/zig.tar.xz
+            sudo ln -sf "${ZIG_DIR}/zig" /usr/local/bin/zig
           fi
+          rm -f /tmp/zig.tar.xz
           echo "Zig ${ZIG_VERSION} installed"
         fi
         zig version