CI: speed up artifact sharing

In some (but not all - this might be infrastructure-dependant) github action runs, considerable amount of time is taken to download the artifact that is all of the Openfire distribution files. This commit attempts to speed this up by replacing the artifact consisting of many files with an artifact that has only one file: a tar archive of all of those files.
igniterealtime · Nov 26, 2023 · 1820f1d · 1820f1d
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-integration-workflow.yml
@@ -36,12 +36,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: surefire-reports_java${{ matrix.java }}
           path: xmppserver/target/surefire-reports
+      - name: tar distribution # sharing artifacts that consist of many files can be slow. Share one file instead.
+        if: ${{ matrix.distribution == 'zulu' }}
+        run: tar -cf distribution-artifact.tar distribution/target/distribution-base
       - name: Upload distribution
         if: ${{ matrix.distribution == 'zulu' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: distribution-java${{ matrix.java }}
-          path: distribution/target/distribution-base
+          path: distribution-artifact.tar
       - name: Upload test files
         if: ${{ matrix.distribution == 'zulu' }}
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -71,7 +74,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: distribution-java11
-          path: distribution/target/distribution-base
+          path: .
+      - name: untar distribution # sharing artifacts that consist of many files can be slow. Share one file instead.
+        run: tar -xf distribution-artifact.tar
       - name: Download test files from build job.
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -162,7 +167,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: distribution-java11
-          path: distribution/target/distribution-base
+          path: .
+      - name: untar distribution # sharing artifacts that consist of many files can be slow. Share one file instead.
+        run: tar -xf distribution-artifact.tar
       - name: Download test files from build job.
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
@@ -357,7 +364,9 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
           name: distribution-java11
-          path: distribution/target/distribution-base
+          path: .
+      - name: untar distribution # sharing artifacts that consist of many files can be slow. Share one file instead.
+        run: tar -xf distribution-artifact.tar
       - name: Download test files from build job.
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with: