fix and improve ci artifact generation

.github/workflows/ci-push.yml

@@ -33,8 +33,19 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
         with:
           submodules: true
-      - name: Fetch tag git metadata
-        run: git fetch --force --update-shallow --depth 1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* || echo no tags
+      - name: Fetch git tag metadata
+        id: git-tag-metadata
+        run: |
+          echo Fetching tags...
+          git fetch --force --update-shallow --depth 1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/* || echo No tags.
+          echo ""
+          git log --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty="format:%cs %d"
+          echo ""
+          echo Fetching since $(git log -1 --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty="format:%H")...
+          git fetch --force --update-shallow --shallow-exclude=$(git log -1 --tags --simplify-by-decoration --pretty="format:%H") || echo Failed shallow-exclude fetch.
+          echo ""
+          echo Version: $(git describe --always --tags --match v*)
+          echo "::set-output name=version::$(git describe --always --tags --match v*)"
       - name: Check for .NET 6 preinstalled
         id: dotnet_check
         run: |
@@ -55,14 +66,12 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: dotnet test *.sln --no-build -c Release
       - name: Release Template
-        id: release-template
         run: |
           mv DistantWorlds2.ModLoader/bin/Release/net472/DistantWorlds2.ModLoader.dll ReleaseTemplate/
           mv DW2Net6Win/bin/Release/net6.0-windows/win-x64/publish/DW2Net6Win.exe ReleaseTemplate/
-          echo "::set-output name=version::$(git describe --tags --match v*)"
       - name: Upload Artifact
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}.${{ steps.release-template.outputs.version }}
+          name: ${{ github.event.repository.name }}.${{ steps.git-tag-metadata.outputs.version }}
           path: ReleaseTemplate/
           if-no-files-found: error

ReleaseTemplate/README.md

@@ -38,8 +38,12 @@ These are registry patches used to make it easier to run the game under differen
 | `DW2Net6Win-Undo.reg` | This undoes what the other two change such that the normal `DistantWorlds2.exe` is run by Steam/GoG/etc. |
 
 
-### What about that empty `mods` folder?
+### What about that ``.keep` file in the `mods` directory?
 
-This is where you will extract your modifications.
+The `mods` directory is where you will extract your modifications.
 
 Extracting this package to your game directory just creates the directory for you.
+
+The `.keep` file is empty, it just holds that directory in place for packaging purposes.
+
+You can safely remove it if you want.