trying to patch the artifact publishing

.gitlab-ci.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   stages:
     - build 
     - test 
-    - publish
+    - publish-artifacts
 
   cache:
     paths:
@@ -26,13 +26,18 @@
     # the 2 following steps make sure that the required building tool (meson) is installed on the runner
       #and also that all the other external dependencies are here (this will be part of a container later) 
       - apt-get update  # Make sure the package lists are updated
+      - apt update 
       - apt-get upgrade -y 
+      - apt upgrade -y
       #install all necessary dependencies 
       - apt-get install python3-pip -y 
       - apt-get install meson -y
       - apt-get install -y ccache  
       - apt-get install -y cmake
       - apt-get install -y ninja-build
+      - apt install -y     ca-certificates
+      - update-ca-certificates
+      - apt install -y     curl 
       - apt-get install -y libfmt-dev
       - apt-get install -y libgtest-dev 
       - apt-get install -y libpcre2-dev 
@@ -69,21 +74,26 @@
 
   build-job :
     stage: build
+    # rules:
+    #   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null'
     image: ubuntu:24.04
     script: 
       - echo "Hello, $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN! This is a build job"
       - mkdir -p ./artifacts
       - meson compile -C output/full --verbose
       
-    # artifacts:
-    #   paths:
-    #     - output/full   # Publish the built artifacts
+    artifacts:
+      paths:
+        - ./artifacts   # Publish the built artifacts
+      expire_in: 300 sec
     cache: 
       paths: 
         - output/full  #save cache for later jobs 
 
   test-job1:
     stage: test
+    # rules:
+    #   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null'
     image: ubuntu:24.04
     script:
       - echo "This job is for untit-tests"
@@ -96,6 +106,8 @@
 
   test-job2:
     stage: test
+    # rules:
+    #   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null'
     image: ubuntu:24.04
     script:
       - echo "This job is for general tests"
@@ -107,20 +119,33 @@
       paths: 
         - output/full #reuse the build cache :)
 
-  upload:
-    stage: publish 
+  to-registry:
+    stage: publish-artifacts
+    # rules:
+    #   - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_COMMIT_TAG == null'
     image: ubuntu:24.04
+    dependencies:
+      - build-job
     script:
       - echo "This job deploys something from the $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH branch."
       - echo "Publishing the artifact..."
       # - cp -r output/full ./artifacts  # Ensure the artifacts are included for deployment
+      - |
+        for artifact in ./artifacts/*; do
+          chmod +x ${artifact}
+          curl \
+            --header "JOB-TOKEN: ${CI_JOB_TOKEN}" \
+            --upload-files ${artifact} \
+            "${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/generic/artifacts/${version}/"
+        done
     environment: production
     cache: 
       paths: 
         - output/full #reuse the build cache :) 
-    artifacts:
-      when: on_failure
-      access: all
-      expire_in: 301 sec
-      paths : 
-        - ./artifacts # Publish the artifact(s) to GitLab
+    # artifacts:
+    #   when: on_failure
+    #   access: all
+    #   expire_in: 301 sec
+    #   paths : 
+    #     - ./artifacts # Publish the artifact(s) to GitLab
+    
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