From 5c4de4eeb1580d6447d9fdb8f9baee216df6fa9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: eddie <eddie@corpintech.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2025 04:22:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Update .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml

---
 .gitea/workflows/deploy.yml | 17 ++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
index 455db36..2ebb52b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -45,10 +45,21 @@ jobs:
           set -euo pipefail
           REL="$(date -u +%Y%m%d-%H%M%SZ)-${{ github.sha }}"
           echo "REL=$REL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          mkdir -p release
+
           UPLOADS="${{ env.UPLOADS_DIR }}"
-          tar --exclude-vcs --exclude='./node_modules' --exclude="./${UPLOADS}" \
-              -czf "release/${REL}.tar.gz" .
+          OUT="/tmp/${REL}.tar.gz"
+
+          # create tar OUTSIDE the repo dir, then move it into ./release
+          tar -czf "$OUT" \
+            --exclude-vcs \
+            --exclude='./node_modules' \
+            --exclude="./${UPLOADS}" \
+            --exclude='./release' \
+            .
+
+          mkdir -p release
+          mv "$OUT" "release/${REL}.tar.gz"
+
 
       - name: Write SSH key
         run: |