File parameter doesn't work for Release job

[JonathanLefebvre]

Orb version: 2.0.0 and earlier

What happened:

While configuring the workflow. I notice no matter what I do or inject in files I have always the message : stat /tmp/workspace/artifacts/dist.zip: no such file or director

Here is the extraction of my config.yml

jobs:
      - app_build:
          filters:
            branches:
              only:
                - master
      - github-cli/release:
          pre-steps:
            - *attach_workspace
            - run: 
                command: |
                  ls -la /tmp/workspace/artifacts
          context:
            - GITHUB_CREDS
          tag: << pipeline.git.branch >>-<< pipeline.number >>-dev
          title: << pipeline.git.branch >>-<< pipeline.number >>-dev
          prerelease: true
          files: /tmp/workspace/artifacts/dist.zip  # <-- This doesn't work
          requires:
            - app_build
          filters:
            branches:
              only:
                - master

/tmp/workspace/ come from my workspace attachment. with the folder artifacts created by app_build

Expected behavior:

files should be able to find a file from anywhere
If the ls in pre-step can see the file, so should the release task.

output of ls

#!/bin/bash -eo pipefail
ls -la /tmp/workspace/artifacts

total 62900
drwxr-xr-x 2 circleci circleci       22 Dec 29 20:06 .
drwx------ 3 circleci circleci       23 Dec 29 20:06 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 circleci circleci 64409035 Dec 29 20:06 dist.zip
CircleCI received exit code 0

Additional Information:

From my code, you can see I have a workspace between both jobs

I found the workaround by doing the post-steps and uploading the artifact after the release is created

jobs:
      - app_build:
          filters:
            branches:
              only:
                - master
      - github-cli/release:
          pre-steps:
            - *attach_workspace
            - run: 
                command: |
                  ls -la /tmp/workspace/artifacts
          context:
            - GITHUB_CREDS
          tag: << pipeline.git.branch >>-<< pipeline.number >>-dev
          title: << pipeline.git.branch >>-<< pipeline.number >>-dev
          prerelease: true
          post-steps:
            - run:
                command: |
                  gh release upload << pipeline.git.branch >>-<< pipeline.number >>-dev /tmp/workspace/artifacts/dist.zip
          requires:
            - app_build
          filters:
            branches:
              only:
                - master

[zdryan]

Has any progress been made with this - I am encountering the same issues with version 2.2.0.

[Thesephi]

I'd love to confirm that I'm stumbling upon the same issue on 2.2.0. What I notice:

• if we call gh release create <tag> "$@" (as in the orb source) then it fails (with the stat .... no such file or directory error)
• if we call gh release create <tag> $@ (so without the double quotation marks) then it may work (but how it interoperates with other logic intents in the orb source is another story)

I'm aware we can have workarounds, but as a frequent CircleCI user, I really look forward to using the "mainstream" approach in a successful & officially documented way :)

If I could help with anything please ping me. Thanks!