From 990e0dd1eb94e6420a554f6a11d849b6bc70e216 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 00:02:05 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/6] Added metrics workflows (tested in separate repo)

---
 .github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/view-metrics.yml  | 72 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 144 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/view-metrics.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..181f81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: Track Clone Metrics via GitHub App
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Daily at 04:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  track-clone-metrics:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Authenticate as GitHub App
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2.1.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Retrieve clone data
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          echo "Fetching clone data for ${{ github.repository }}..."
+          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+               -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+               "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/traffic/clones?per=day" \
+               > .metrics/clones.json
+          jq '. | {total_14d: .count, unique_14d: .uniques, days: (.clones|length)}' .metrics/clones.json
+
+      - name: Update unified clone metrics CSV
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          CSV=".metrics/clone_metrics.csv"
+
+          TOTAL=$(jq '.count' .metrics/clones.json)
+          UNIQUE_TOTAL=$(jq '.uniques' .metrics/clones.json)
+
+          if [ ! -f "$CSV" ]; then
+            echo "date,clones,unique_cloners,total_clones_14d,unique_cloners_14d" > "$CSV"
+          fi
+
+          jq -r --arg total "$TOTAL" --arg uniques "$UNIQUE_TOTAL" \
+            '.clones[] | "\(.timestamp[0:10]),\(.count),\(.uniques),\($total),\($uniques)"' \
+            .metrics/clones.json \
+          | while IFS= read -r line; do
+              date=$(echo "$line" | cut -d',' -f1)
+              if ! grep -q "^$date," "$CSV"; then
+                echo "$line" >> "$CSV"
+              fi
+            done
+
+          echo "Updated metrics summary:"
+          tail -n 5 "$CSV"
+
+      - name: Commit and push results
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "CloneMetrics[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          git add .metrics/clone_metrics.csv
+          git commit -m "Automated update: repository clone metrics" || echo "No new data to commit."
+          git pull --rebase origin develop || true
+          git push https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} HEAD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9538789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+name: Track View Metrics via GitHub App
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Daily at 04:00 UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  track-view-metrics:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Authenticate as GitHub App
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2.1.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Retrieve view data
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          echo "Fetching view data for ${{ github.repository }}..."
+          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+               -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+               "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/traffic/views?per=day" \
+               > .metrics/views.json
+          jq '. | {total_14d: .count, unique_14d: .uniques, days: (.views|length)}' .metrics/views.json
+
+      - name: Update unified view metrics CSV
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          CSV=".metrics/view_metrics.csv"
+
+          TOTAL=$(jq '.count' .metrics/views.json)
+          UNIQUE_TOTAL=$(jq '.uniques' .metrics/views.json)
+
+          if [ ! -f "$CSV" ]; then
+            echo "date,views,unique_viewers,total_views_14d,unique_viewers_14d" > "$CSV"
+          fi
+
+          jq -r --arg total "$TOTAL" --arg uniques "$UNIQUE_TOTAL" \
+            '.views[] | "\(.timestamp[0:10]),\(.count),\(.uniques),\($total),\($uniques)"' \
+            .metrics/views.json \
+          | while IFS= read -r line; do
+              date=$(echo "$line" | cut -d',' -f1)
+              if ! grep -q "^$date," "$CSV"; then
+                echo "$line" >> "$CSV"
+              fi
+            done
+
+          echo "Updated metrics summary:"
+          tail -n 5 "$CSV"
+
+      - name: Commit and push results
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "ViewMetrics[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          git add .metrics/view_metrics.csv
+          git commit -m "Automated update: repository view metrics" || echo "No new data to commit."
+          git pull --rebase origin develop || true
+          git push https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} HEAD

From 1b87ec897d877bf4db8e3fc7a86549e43941e650 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 00:02:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/6] Removed non-working workflows

---
 .github/workflows/clone-trend.yml   |  63 --------------
 .github/workflows/traffic-trend.yml | 127 ----------------------------
 2 files changed, 190 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/clone-trend.yml
 delete mode 100644 .github/workflows/traffic-trend.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/clone-trend.yml b/.github/workflows/clone-trend.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index b398401..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/clone-trend.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-name: Track clone stats
-on:
-  schedule: [{ cron: "7 3 * * *" }]   # daily at 03:07 UTC
-  workflow_dispatch:
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  actions: read
-  id-token: write
-jobs:
-  track:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install jq
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
-
-      - name: Fetch last 14 days of clone data
-        env:
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}     # owner/repo
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" \
-               -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-               "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/traffic/clones?per=day" > clones.json
-          cat clones.json | jq '.'
-
-      - name: Ensure data directory and CSV
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p analytics
-          if [ ! -f analytics/clone_history.csv ]; then
-            echo "date,clones,unique_cloners" > analytics/clone_history.csv
-          fi
-
-      - name: Merge new data into CSV (de-duplicate by date)
-        run: |
-          # Build a temp map of existing dates to avoid duplicates
-          awk -F, 'NR>1 {print $1}' analytics/clone_history.csv | sort > existing_dates.txt
-
-          # Append any missing dates from API response
-          jq -r '.clones[] | "\(.timestamp[0:10]),\(.count),\(.uniques)"' clones.json \
-            | while IFS= read -r line; do
-                d=$(echo "$line" | cut -d',' -f1)
-                if ! grep -qx "$d" existing_dates.txt; then
-                  echo "$line" >> analytics/clone_history.csv
-                fi
-              done
-
-          # Sort CSV by date (header stays on top)
-          { head -n1 analytics/clone_history.csv && tail -n +2 analytics/clone_history.csv | sort; } > analytics/clone_history.sorted.csv
-          mv analytics/clone_history.sorted.csv analytics/clone_history.csv
-
-      - name: Commit changes
-        run: |
-          if git diff --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes."
-          else
-            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-            git add analytics/clone_history.csv
-            git commit -m "Update clone history"
-            git push
-          fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/traffic-trend.yml b/.github/workflows/traffic-trend.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1c13725..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/traffic-trend.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,127 +0,0 @@
-name: Track clones & downloads
-on:
-  schedule: [{ cron: "12 9 * * *" }]  # daily 09:12 UTC (~04:12 America/Chicago)
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  actions: read
-  id-token: write
-
-jobs:
-  track:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Install jq
-        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y jq
-
-      # ---------- CLONE STATS (14-day window, accumulated to CSV) ----------
-      - name: Fetch last 14 days of clone data
-        env:
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" \
-               -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-               "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/traffic/clones?per=day" > clones.json
-
-      - name: Merge clones into CSV
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p analytics
-          CSV="analytics/clone_history.csv"
-          [ -f "$CSV" ] || echo "date,clones,unique_cloners" > "$CSV"
-
-          # existing dates to avoid dupes
-          awk -F, 'NR>1 {print $1}' "$CSV" | sort -u > .existing_clone_dates.txt || true
-
-          jq -r '.clones[] | "\(.timestamp[0:10]),\(.count),\(.uniques)"' clones.json \
-          | while IFS= read -r line; do
-              d="${line%%,*}"
-              if ! grep -qx "$d" .existing_clone_dates.txt; then
-                echo "$line" >> "$CSV"
-              fi
-            done
-
-          # sort by date (keep header)
-          { head -n1 "$CSV"; tail -n +2 "$CSV" | sort; } > "$CSV.sorted"
-          mv "$CSV.sorted" "$CSV"
-
-      # ---------- RELEASE DOWNLOADS (cumulative snapshot per day) ----------
-      - name: Fetch all releases (paginate)
-        env:
-          REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          tmpdir=$(mktemp -d)
-          page=1
-          > "$tmpdir/all.json"
-          while :; do
-            resp=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $GH_TOKEN" \
-                           -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-                           "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO/releases?per_page=100&page=$page")
-            count=$(echo "$resp" | jq 'length')
-            if [ "$count" -eq 0 ]; then break; fi
-            echo "$resp" | jq '.[]' >> "$tmpdir/all.json"
-            page=$((page+1))
-          done
-
-          # Wrap into an array if we added anything
-          if [ -s "$tmpdir/all.json" ]; then
-            echo "[" > releases.json
-            # join with commas
-            sed -e '$!s/$/,/' "$tmpdir/all.json" >> releases.json
-            echo "]" >> releases.json
-          else
-            echo "[]" > releases.json
-          fi
-
-      - name: Merge downloads into CSVs
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p analytics
-          SNAPCSV="analytics/downloads_snapshot.csv"
-          TOTCSV="analytics/downloads_totals.csv"
-          today=$(date -u +%F)
-
-          # Create CSVs if missing
-          [ -f "$SNAPCSV" ] || echo "date,release_tag,asset_id,asset_name,download_count" > "$SNAPCSV"
-          [ -f "$TOTCSV" ]  || echo "date,total_downloads" > "$TOTCSV"
-
-          # Avoid duplicating today's snapshot rows
-          # (filter if today's rows already recorded)
-          if grep -q "^$today," "$SNAPCSV"; then
-            echo "Download snapshot for $today already exists; skipping append."
-          else
-            # Snapshot rows: one per asset
-            jq -r '
-              .[]
-              | select(.draft==false)
-              | .tag_name as $tag
-              | (.assets // [])
-              | .[]
-              | [$tag, .id, .name, (.download_count // 0)]
-              | @csv
-            ' releases.json \
-            | sed 's/^/'"$today"',/' >> "$SNAPCSV"
-          fi
-
-          # Totals row: sum all asset download_count across all releases
-          if ! grep -q "^$today," "$TOTCSV"; then
-            total=$(jq '[ .[] | select(.draft==false) | (.assets // []) | .[] | (.download_count // 0) ] | add // 0' releases.json)
-            echo "$today,$total" >> "$TOTCSV"
-          fi
-
-      # ---------- COMMIT ----------
-      - name: Commit changes
-        run: |
-          if git diff --quiet; then
-            echo "No changes."
-          else
-            git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-            git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-            git add analytics/clone_history.csv analytics/downloads_snapshot.csv analytics/downloads_totals.csv
-            git commit -m "Update clone & download history"
-            git push
-          fi

From 1692c012b2acd51cf2a5ec965171fd9c285ef4c7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 00:36:56 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/6] Added download-metrics.yml + commit/push to metrics
 branch

---
 .github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml    |  7 ++-
 .github/workflows/download-metrics.yml | 84 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 .github/workflows/view-metrics.yml     |  7 ++-
 3 files changed, 94 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/download-metrics.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
index 181f81c..e66dd1a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/clone-metrics.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Track Clone Metrics via GitHub App
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Daily at 04:00 UTC
+    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Every day at 4:30 AM UTC
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: metrics
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Authenticate as GitHub App
         id: generate_token
@@ -68,5 +71,5 @@ jobs:
 
           git add .metrics/clone_metrics.csv
           git commit -m "Automated update: repository clone metrics" || echo "No new data to commit."
-          git pull --rebase origin develop || true
+          git pull --rebase origin metrics || true
           git push https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} HEAD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fad8bb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+name: Track Download Metrics via GitHub App
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Every day at 4:30 AM UTC
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  track-download-metrics:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: metrics
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Authenticate as GitHub App
+        id: generate_token
+        uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v2.1.0
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Retrieve download data
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          echo "Fetching download data for ${{ github.repository }}..."
+          
+          # Fetch all pages of releases
+          curl -s -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
+               -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+               "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases?per_page=100" \
+               > .metrics/releases.json
+          
+          echo "Raw releases data (first 3 releases):"
+          jq '.[0:3] | .[] | {tag_name, assets_count: (.assets | length), assets: [.assets[] | {name: .name, download_count: .download_count}]}' .metrics/releases.json
+          
+          # Extract download counts from releases
+          jq '[.[] | {tag_name: .tag_name, published_at: .published_at, assets: [.assets[] | {name: .name, download_count: .download_count}]}]' .metrics/releases.json > .metrics/downloads.json
+          
+          echo "Download data summary:"
+          jq '[.[] | {tag: .tag_name, date: .published_at, total_downloads: ([.assets[].download_count] | add), assets_count: (.assets | length)}]' .metrics/downloads.json
+
+      - name: Update unified download metrics CSV
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .metrics
+          CSV=".metrics/download_metrics.csv"
+
+          if [ ! -f "$CSV" ]; then
+            echo "date,release_tag,asset_name,downloads,total_release_downloads" > "$CSV"
+          fi
+
+          jq -r '.[] | 
+            if (.assets | length > 0) then
+              .assets[] as $asset | 
+              "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),\($asset.name),\($asset.download_count),\([.assets[].download_count] | add)"
+            else
+              "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),,0,0"
+            end' \
+            .metrics/downloads.json \
+          | while IFS= read -r line; do
+              echo "$line" >> "$CSV"
+            done
+
+          echo "Updated metrics summary:"
+          tail -n 5 "$CSV"
+
+      - name: Commit and push results
+        env:
+          TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "DownloadMetrics[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          git add .metrics/download_metrics.csv
+          git commit -m "Automated update: repository download metrics" || echo "No new data to commit."
+          git pull --rebase origin metrics || true
+          git push https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} HEAD
diff --git a/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml
index 9538789..97e7f36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/view-metrics.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Track View Metrics via GitHub App
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "30 4 * * *"    # Daily at 04:00 UTC
+    - cron: "0 */2 * * *"    # Every 2 hours
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: metrics
+          fetch-depth: 0
 
       - name: Authenticate as GitHub App
         id: generate_token
@@ -68,5 +71,5 @@ jobs:
 
           git add .metrics/view_metrics.csv
           git commit -m "Automated update: repository view metrics" || echo "No new data to commit."
-          git pull --rebase origin develop || true
+          git pull --rebase origin metrics || true
           git push https://x-access-token:${TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }} HEAD

From 1f6e53d7258c0fc4e1e1a83e56fc1b4f3817ac20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 09:43:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 4/6] Minor fix to download-metrics.yml

---
 .github/workflows/download-metrics.yml | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
index fad8bb1..e55a2a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ jobs:
             else
               "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),,0,0"
             end' \
-            .metrics/downloads.json \
-          | while IFS= read -r line; do
-              echo "$line" >> "$CSV"
-            done
+            .metrics/downloads.json >> "$CSV"
 
           echo "Updated metrics summary:"
           tail -n 5 "$CSV"

From 50f058592c64a4cba530bc388192babdd1a306df Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 09:47:37 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] Minor fix to download-metrics.yml

---
 .github/workflows/download-metrics.yml | 10 ++--------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
index e55a2a1..6af1d32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
@@ -53,16 +53,10 @@ jobs:
           CSV=".metrics/download_metrics.csv"
 
           if [ ! -f "$CSV" ]; then
-            echo "date,release_tag,asset_name,downloads,total_release_downloads" > "$CSV"
+            echo "date,release_tag,total_downloads" > "$CSV"
           fi
 
-          jq -r '.[] | 
-            if (.assets | length > 0) then
-              .assets[] as $asset | 
-              "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),\($asset.name),\($asset.download_count),\([.assets[].download_count] | add)"
-            else
-              "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),,0,0"
-            end' \
+          jq -r '.[] | "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),\([.assets[].download_count] | add)"' \
             .metrics/downloads.json >> "$CSV"
 
           echo "Updated metrics summary:"

From 3c609636d55cd625a8095be7c67bcb90e2c27370 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Stefano <stefano.dallagasperina@austin.utexas.edu>
Date: Tue, 7 Oct 2025 10:06:55 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 6/6] Download-metrics.yml rewrites the file entirely

---
 .github/workflows/download-metrics.yml | 9 +++------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
index 6af1d32..873fa6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/download-metrics.yml
@@ -52,12 +52,9 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p .metrics
           CSV=".metrics/download_metrics.csv"
 
-          if [ ! -f "$CSV" ]; then
-            echo "date,release_tag,total_downloads" > "$CSV"
-          fi
-
-          jq -r '.[] | "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),\([.assets[].download_count] | add)"' \
-            .metrics/downloads.json >> "$CSV"
+          (echo "date,release_tag,total_downloads"; \
+           jq -r '.[] | "\(.published_at[0:10]),\(.tag_name),\([.assets[].download_count] | add)"' \
+            .metrics/downloads.json) > "$CSV"
 
           echo "Updated metrics summary:"
           tail -n 5 "$CSV"