From f150ce21d0829653dc1cb4c20e2c2c4a8ef76d4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:44:58 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 01/28] Force new `yt-dlp` version

---
 Dockerfile | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index c0fcd9ad..82bc665e 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -315,6 +315,8 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,id=apt-lib-cache-${TARGETARCH},sharing=private,target=/va
 # Switch workdir to the the app
 WORKDIR /app
 
+ARG YTDLP_DATE
+
 # Set up the app
 RUN --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/cache \
     --mount=type=cache,id=pipenv-cache,sharing=locked,target=/cache/pipenv \

From 6e38fcdb7c184e79f8d106d97d4ba9336d3248a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 02:49:35 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 02/28] Create `tag-yt-dlp`

---
 tag-yt-dlp | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
 create mode 100644 tag-yt-dlp

diff --git a/tag-yt-dlp b/tag-yt-dlp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c159067
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tag-yt-dlp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ 2025.03.26

From 5e6c9f144a37d191518c65ed196b21d1cd6cda85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:06:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 03/28] Add `YTDLP_DATE` build arg

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b7eef6ea..24d66353 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,18 @@ on:
       - main
 
 jobs:
+  info:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      ytdlp_tag: ${{ steps.set.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set outputs
+        id: set
+        run: |
+          printf -- '%s=%s\n' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
+           'ytdlp_tag' "$(< tag-yt-dlp)"
+
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
@@ -34,9 +46,10 @@ jobs:
           cp -v -a -t "${Python3_ROOT_DIR}"/lib/python3.*/site-packages/yt_dlp/ patches/yt_dlp/*
       - name: Run Django tests
         run: cd tubesync && python3 manage.py test --verbosity=2
+
   containerise:
     if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
-    needs: test
+    needs: ['info', 'test']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
@@ -122,3 +135,5 @@ jobs:
             IMAGE_NAME=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             FFMPEG_DATE=${{ env.FFMPEG_DATE }}
             FFMPEG_VERSION=${{ env.FFMPEG_VERSION }}
+            YTDLP_DATE=${{ needs.info.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
+

From cacf306b0960b8cf3b66f15316d0e5ba3b0b4902 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 03:30:13 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 04/28] Move more steps into the `info` job

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 79 ++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 39 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 24d66353..30220cc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -13,8 +13,45 @@ jobs:
   info:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
+      ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
+      string-lowercase: ${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}
       ytdlp_tag: ${{ steps.set.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
     steps:
+      - name: Lowercase github username for ghcr
+        id: string
+        uses: ASzc/change-string-case-action@v6
+        with:
+          string: ${{ github.actor }}
+      - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds releases with GitHub CLI
+        id: ffmpeg
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_API_GQL_ASSETS: 25
+          GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: 35
+          GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
+          GH_API_GQL_REPO: FFmpeg-Builds
+        run: |
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
+          {
+            var='releases' ;
+            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
+            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
+              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
+            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
+              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set outputs
         id: set
@@ -53,40 +90,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 120
     steps:
-      - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds releases with GitHub CLI
-        id: ffmpeg
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GH_API_GQL_ASSETS: 25
-          GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: 35
-          GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
-          GH_API_GQL_REPO: FFmpeg-Builds
-        run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
-          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
-          {
-            var='releases' ;
-            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
-            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
-              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
-            unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
-          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
-              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
       - name: Set environment variables with jq
         run: |
           cat >| .ffmpeg.releases.json <<'EOF'
-          ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
+          ${{ needs.info.outputs.ffmpeg-releases }}
           EOF
           {
             var='FFMPEG_DATE' ;
@@ -117,23 +124,17 @@ jobs:
           DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ github.actor }}
           DOCKER_TOKEN: ${{ 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && secrets.REGISTRY_ACCESS_TOKEN || secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: echo "${DOCKER_TOKEN}" | docker login --password-stdin --username "${DOCKER_USERNAME}" "${DOCKER_REGISTRY}"
-      - name: Lowercase github username for ghcr
-        id: string
-        uses: ASzc/change-string-case-action@v6
-        with:
-          string: ${{ github.actor }}
       - name: Build and push
         timeout-minutes: 60
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           push: ${{ 'success' == needs.test.result && 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && 'true' || 'false' }}
-          tags: ghcr.io/${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+          tags: ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
           cache-to: type=inline
           build-args: |
             IMAGE_NAME=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             FFMPEG_DATE=${{ env.FFMPEG_DATE }}
             FFMPEG_VERSION=${{ env.FFMPEG_VERSION }}
             YTDLP_DATE=${{ needs.info.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
-

From b799bdfd65977513b9e9e8910ec7ce173d826396 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 04:05:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 05/28] Update tag-yt-dlp

---
 tag-yt-dlp | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tag-yt-dlp b/tag-yt-dlp
index 0c159067..c7302ddb 100644
--- a/tag-yt-dlp
+++ b/tag-yt-dlp
@@ -1 +1 @@
- 2025.03.26
+2025.03.26

From 0300be4728f7d893816be4b1d81d37acab634140 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:23:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 06/28] Retrieve `yt-dlp/yt-dlp` releases from the GitHub API

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 30220cc7..b445aec5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -52,6 +52,33 @@ jobs:
               -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
+      - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/yt-dlp releases with GitHub CLI
+        id: yt-dlp
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: 25
+          GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
+          GH_API_GQL_REPO: yt-dlp
+        run: |
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag, "date": .tag.name } ]' ;
+          {
+            var='releases' ;
+            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
+            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
+            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set outputs
         id: set

From 18829d13628c33a0427b2d63a43c4894028ebe42 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 12:49:04 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 07/28] Show the raw API response

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index b445aec5..2546ab0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
           GH_API_GQL_REPO: yt-dlp
         run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
-          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag, "date": .tag.name } ]' ;
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) ]' ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
             delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;

From 72ba0474a38f0621b1fc52384b4248bb94ee3077 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 13:10:22 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 08/28] Remove static booleans

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2546ab0c..30ad207b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ jobs:
           GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
           GH_API_GQL_REPO: yt-dlp
         run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
-          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) ]' ;
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, description, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | del(.isDraft, .isPrerelease) ]' ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
             delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;

From 085c64d95ddcb0e638d55778ee1ae35af039aea3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:08:07 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 09/28] Show the `yt-dlp-latest-release`

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 19 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 30ad207b..2e241a7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
       string-lowercase: ${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}
+      ytdlp-latest-release: ${{ steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release }}
       ytdlp_tag: ${{ steps.set.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Lowercase github username for ghcr
@@ -60,11 +61,12 @@ jobs:
           GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
           GH_API_GQL_REPO: yt-dlp
         run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, description, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
           gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | del(.isDraft, .isPrerelease) ]' ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
-            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
+            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
             printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
               -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
@@ -72,6 +74,16 @@ jobs:
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
             printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            jq_arg='map(select(.isLatest))' ;
+            var='latest-release' ;
+            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
+            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq -c "${jq_arg}" -- ;
+            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
           } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
@@ -83,6 +95,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set outputs
         id: set
         run: |
+          cat <<'EOF'
+          ${{ toJSON(fromJSON(steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release)) }}
+          'EOF'
           printf -- '%s=%s\n' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
            'ytdlp_tag' "$(< tag-yt-dlp)"
 

From 77d00114f83c8ade466d10759ae5c9d98724aee2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:16:25 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 10/28] Show the tag name from the latest `yt-dlp` release

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2e241a7b..2aff0e9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ jobs:
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
             printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
-            jq_arg='map(select(.isLatest))' ;
+            jq_arg='map(select(.isLatest))[0]' ;
             var='latest-release' ;
             delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
             printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
@@ -97,7 +97,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cat <<'EOF'
           ${{ toJSON(fromJSON(steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release)) }}
-          'EOF'
+          EOF
+          cat <<'EOF'
+          ${{ fromJSON(steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release).tag.name }}
+          EOF
           printf -- '%s=%s\n' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
            'ytdlp_tag' "$(< tag-yt-dlp)"
 

From ff502e2014161360d78c1495fb941d2a7a82caa0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:40:20 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 11/28] Clean up the `set` step

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 53 ++++++++++++++++-----------------------
 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2aff0e9a..5b7d0562 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
       string-lowercase: ${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}
       ytdlp-latest-release: ${{ steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release }}
-      ytdlp_tag: ${{ steps.set.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
+      ytdlp-releases: ${{ steps.yt-dlp.outputs.releases }}
     steps:
       - name: Lowercase github username for ghcr
         id: string
@@ -32,11 +32,12 @@ jobs:
           GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
           GH_API_GQL_REPO: FFmpeg-Builds
         run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC}) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
           gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
+          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
-            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
+            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
             printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
               -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
@@ -46,13 +47,14 @@ jobs:
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
             printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
-          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
-              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
+          # Log the human version
+          gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+            -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
+            -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+            -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+            -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+            -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
       - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/yt-dlp releases with GitHub CLI
         id: yt-dlp
         env:
@@ -61,9 +63,9 @@ jobs:
           GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
           GH_API_GQL_REPO: yt-dlp
         run: |
-          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
+          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, tagName, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
           gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | del(.isDraft, .isPrerelease) ]' ;
+          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
             delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
@@ -85,24 +87,13 @@ jobs:
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq -c "${jq_arg}" -- ;
             printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
-          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set outputs
-        id: set
-        run: |
-          cat <<'EOF'
-          ${{ toJSON(fromJSON(steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release)) }}
-          EOF
-          cat <<'EOF'
-          ${{ fromJSON(steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release).tag.name }}
-          EOF
-          printf -- '%s=%s\n' >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
-           'ytdlp_tag' "$(< tag-yt-dlp)"
+          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
+          # Log the human version
+          gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+            -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+            -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+            -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+            -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
 
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -182,4 +173,4 @@ jobs:
             IMAGE_NAME=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             FFMPEG_DATE=${{ env.FFMPEG_DATE }}
             FFMPEG_VERSION=${{ env.FFMPEG_VERSION }}
-            YTDLP_DATE=${{ needs.info.outputs.ytdlp_tag }}
+            YTDLP_DATE=${{ fromJSON(needs.info.outputs.ytdlp-latest-release).tag.name }}

From 63a65949c7688ed977d3b1f0676a4c2c49936d11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 14:43:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 12/28] Delete `tag-yt-dlp` as no longer used

---
 tag-yt-dlp | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
 delete mode 100644 tag-yt-dlp

diff --git a/tag-yt-dlp b/tag-yt-dlp
deleted file mode 100644
index c7302ddb..00000000
--- a/tag-yt-dlp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-2025.03.26

From af4374c224733f4737f8adc9170e7e9919824cd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:26:38 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 13/28] Run tests for pull requests

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 5b7d0562..bcee7dc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -8,9 +8,18 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+      - ready_for_review
 
 jobs:
   info:
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
@@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ jobs:
             -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
 
   test:
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && ( 'pull_request' != github.event_name || (! github.event.pull_request.draft) ) }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -121,7 +131,7 @@ jobs:
         run: cd tubesync && python3 manage.py test --verbosity=2
 
   containerise:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'success' == needs.info.result }}
     needs: ['info', 'test']
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     timeout-minutes: 120

From 952c2e530f09c58f0310a4b31f47c37471e2759d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:36:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 14/28] Shorten the name for checks

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index bcee7dc7..914c2556 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Run Django tests for TubeSync
+name: CI
 
 env:
   IMAGE_NAME: tubesync

From 807d825904d3ce48ebc575c96c75c2f5cbb98d43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 15:52:33 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 15/28] Disable push for pull requests

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 914c2556..52742835 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   info:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
+    #if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
         with:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
-          push: ${{ 'success' == needs.test.result && 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && 'true' || 'false' }}
+          push: ${{ 'success' == needs.test.result && 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && 'pull_request' != github.event_name && 'true' || 'false' }}
           tags: ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
           cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
           cache-to: type=inline

From 317cc63a96f7931f8e4acecf3e778cbe506f1e55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:45:15 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 16/28] Look for docker layers in multiple cache locations

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 52742835..fb6934be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -177,8 +177,13 @@ jobs:
           platforms: linux/amd64,linux/arm64
           push: ${{ 'success' == needs.test.result && 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && 'pull_request' != github.event_name && 'true' || 'false' }}
           tags: ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
-          cache-from: type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
-          cache-to: type=inline
+          cache-from: |
+            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ needs.info.outputs.string-lowercase }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+            type=registry,ref=ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+            type=gha
+          cache-to: |
+            type=gha,mode=max
+            ${{ 'meeb' == github.repository_owner && 'pull_request' != github.event_name && 'type=inline' || '' }}
           build-args: |
             IMAGE_NAME=${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
             FFMPEG_DATE=${{ env.FFMPEG_DATE }}

From ea6beae40ae351e89ec53fb2073579032b1b8c1f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 16:58:44 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 17/28] Turn off the `info` step again for pull requests

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index fb6934be..92b72d1e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   info:
-    #if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
+    if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}

From 1885aecb4b23a86e33d7e0c0e60ebfc9f8162888 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 17:29:41 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 18/28] Lowercase some variables using bash

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 92b72d1e..08f2ec63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
+      lowercase-variables-actor: ${{ steps.lowercase-variables.outputs.actor }}
+      lowercase-variables-repository_owner: ${{ steps.lowercase-variables.outputs.repository_owner }}
       string-lowercase: ${{ steps.string.outputs.lowercase }}
       ytdlp-latest-release: ${{ steps.yt-dlp.outputs.latest-release }}
       ytdlp-releases: ${{ steps.yt-dlp.outputs.releases }}
@@ -32,6 +34,20 @@ jobs:
         uses: ASzc/change-string-case-action@v6
         with:
           string: ${{ github.actor }}
+      - name: Lowercase GitHub variables
+        id: lowercase-variables
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          for var in \
+            actor='${{ github.actor }}' \
+            repository_owner='${{ github.repository_owner }}'
+          do
+            k="$(cut -d '=' -f 1)"
+            v="${var#${k}=}"
+            printf -- '%s=%s\n' -- >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
+              "${k}" "${v,,}"
+          done
+          unset -v k v var
       - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds releases with GitHub CLI
         id: ffmpeg
         env:

From d22f200b732b5c4a903625451779b966952884f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:06:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 19/28] Improve readability

Also, work around a strange syntax highlighting behavior.
---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 31 +++++++++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 08f2ec63..af3066c9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -60,17 +60,19 @@ jobs:
           gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
           gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
           mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
+          open_ml_var() { local f=''\%'s<<'\%'s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$2" "$1" ; } ;
+          close_ml_var() { local f='%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$1" ; } ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
             delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
               -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
               -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
               -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
           } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
           # Log the human version
@@ -91,26 +93,28 @@ jobs:
           gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { name, createdAt, publishedAt, updatedAt, tagName, url, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } } } } } }' ;
           gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | del(.isDraft, .isPrerelease) ]' ;
           mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
+          open_ml_var() { local f=''\%'s<<'\%'s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$2" "$1" ; } ;
+          close_ml_var() { local f='%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$1" ; } ;
           {
             var='releases' ;
             delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
               -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
               -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             jq_arg='map(select(.isLatest))[0]' ;
             var='latest-release' ;
             delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             gh api graphql --cache 12h \
               -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
               -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
               -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
               -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq -c "${jq_arg}" -- ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
           } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
           # Log the human version
@@ -157,22 +161,25 @@ jobs:
           cat >| .ffmpeg.releases.json <<'EOF'
           ${{ needs.info.outputs.ffmpeg-releases }}
           EOF
+          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
+          open_ml_var() { local f=''\%'s<<'\%'s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$2" "$1" ; } ;
+          close_ml_var() { local f='%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$1" ; } ;
           {
             var='FFMPEG_DATE' ;
-            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
+            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             jq_arg='[foreach .[] as $release ([{}, []]; [ .[0] + {($release.commit): ([ $release.date ] + (.[0][($release.commit)] // []) ) }, [ .[1][0] // $release.commit ] ] ; .[0][(.[1][0])] ) ][-1][0]' ;
             jq -r "${jq_arg}" -- .ffmpeg.releases.json ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
 
             ffmpeg_date="$( jq -r "${jq_arg}" -- .ffmpeg.releases.json )"
             
             var='FFMPEG_VERSION' ;
-            delim='"'"${var}"'_EOF"' ;
-            printf -- '%s<<%s\n' "${var}" "${delim}" ;
+            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
+            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             jq_arg='.[]|select(.date == $date)|.versions[]|select(startswith("N-"))' ;
             jq -r --arg date "${ffmpeg_date}" "${jq_arg}" -- .ffmpeg.releases.json ;
-            printf -- '%s\n' "${delim}" ;
+            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
             unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
           } >> "${GITHUB_ENV}"
       - name: Set up QEMU

From dc49b6d87c2c2cc78f237613f8bdc61a0a1985c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 20:17:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 20/28] Add a function for single line variables also

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index af3066c9..e395239c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,14 @@ jobs:
         id: lowercase-variables
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          set_sl_var() { local f='%s=%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$@" ; } ;
           for var in \
             actor='${{ github.actor }}' \
             repository_owner='${{ github.repository_owner }}'
           do
             k="$(cut -d '=' -f 1)"
             v="${var#${k}=}"
-            printf -- '%s=%s\n' -- >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
+            set_sl_var >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
               "${k}" "${v,,}"
           done
           unset -v k v var

From 3a9ff40ddab5b80d79ed95e50e25a28894ad75cc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:10:54 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 21/28] Create action.yml

This is only a sketch of moving the API work into reusable actions so far.
---
 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 27 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml

diff --git a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ed52cd12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: 'FFmpeg Builds'
+description: 'Use GitHub CLI & API to retrieve information about FFmpeg Build releases.'
+
+inputs:
+  who-to-greet:  # id of input
+    description: 'Who to greet'
+    required: false
+    default: 'World'
+
+outputs:
+  random-number:
+    description: "Random number"
+    value: ${{ steps.first.outputs.random-number }}
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - name: First step
+      id: 'first'
+      env:
+        INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET: ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
+      shell: 'bash'
+      run: |
+        echo 'It worked!'
+        echo "random-number=${RANDOM}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+        ls -al '${{ github.action_path }}'
+        echo "Hello ${INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET}."

From e473af2878aaf9a53f729562000ff2fc070eec6e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 21:50:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 22/28] Replace the sketch with the current code

---
 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml | 81 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
index ed52cd12..90a1210f 100644
--- a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
@@ -2,26 +2,79 @@ name: 'FFmpeg Builds'
 description: 'Use GitHub CLI & API to retrieve information about FFmpeg Build releases.'
 
 inputs:
-  who-to-greet:  # id of input
-    description: 'Who to greet'
-    required: false
-    default: 'World'
+  token:
+    required: true
+    default: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    description: |
+      GH_TOKEN for GitHub CLI to use.
+      Default: $${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  num-assets:
+    required: true
+    default: '25'
+    description: |
+      The number of assets (attached files) to retrieve from each release.
+      Default: 25
+  num-releases:
+    required: true
+    default: '35'
+    description: |
+      The number of releases to retrieve from the repository.
+      Default: 35
+  repository_owner:
+    required: true
+    default: 'yt-dlp'
+    description: |
+      The name of the user or organization that owns the repository.
+      Default: 'yt-dlp'
+  repository_name:
+    required: true
+    default: 'FFmpeg-Builds'
+    description: |
+      Which repository from the owner to search for releases.
+      Default: 'FFmpeg-Builds'
 
 outputs:
-  random-number:
-    description: "Random number"
-    value: ${{ steps.first.outputs.random-number }}
+  releases:
+    value: ${{ steps.set.outputs.releases }}
+    description: 'Generated JSON describing the released builds.'
 
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
-    - name: First step
-      id: 'first'
+    - name: Retrieve releases
+      id: 'set'
       env:
-        INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET: ${{ inputs.who-to-greet }}
+        GH_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.token }}'
+        GH_API_GQL_ASSETS: '${{ inputs.num-assets }}'
+        GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: '${{ inputs.num-releases }}'
+        GH_API_GQL_OWNER: '${{ inputs.repository_owner }}'
+        GH_API_GQL_REPO: '${{ inputs.repository_name }}'
       shell: 'bash'
       run: |
-        echo 'It worked!'
-        echo "random-number=${RANDOM}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-        ls -al '${{ github.action_path }}'
-        echo "Hello ${INPUT_WHO_TO_GREET}."
+        command -v gh
+        command -v jq
+        gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
+        gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
+        mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
+        open_ml_var() { local f=''\%'s<<'\%'s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$2" "$1" ; } ;
+        close_ml_var() { local f='%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$1" ; } ;
+        {
+          var='releases' ;
+          delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
+          open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
+          gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+            -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
+            -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+            -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+            -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+            -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
+          close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
+          unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
+        } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
+        # Log the human version
+        gh api graphql --cache 12h \
+          -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
+          -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
+          -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
+          -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
+          -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;

From 41f37bcd656c5c075f8ffbb6b7d1b130c745f134 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:00:46 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 23/28] Use the new `FFmpeg` action

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 36 +++---------------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 33 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index e395239c..2b465feb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   info:
-    if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
+    #if: ${{ !cancelled() && 'pull_request' != github.event_name }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       ffmpeg-releases: ${{ steps.ffmpeg.outputs.releases }}
@@ -49,40 +49,10 @@ jobs:
               "${k}" "${v,,}"
           done
           unset -v k v var
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds releases with GitHub CLI
         id: ffmpeg
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          GH_API_GQL_ASSETS: 25
-          GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: 35
-          GH_API_GQL_OWNER: yt-dlp
-          GH_API_GQL_REPO: FFmpeg-Builds
-        run: |
-          gql_query='query($repo: String!, $owner: String!, $releases: Int!, $assets: Int!) { repository(owner: $owner, name: $repo) { releases(first: $releases, orderBy: { field: CREATED_AT, direction: DESC }) { nodes { tagName, isDraft, isPrerelease, isLatest, tag { name, target { oid, commitUrl } }, releaseAssets(first: $assets) { totalCount, nodes { name, size, downloadUrl } } } } } }' ;
-          gql_jq='[ .data.repository.releases.nodes[] | select((.isLatest or .isDraft or .isPrerelease) | not) | { "tag": .tag.name, "commit": .tag.target.oid, "date": .tag.name[1+(.tag.name|index("-")):], "assets": { "limit": '"${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}"', "totalCount": .releaseAssets.totalCount }, "files": .releaseAssets.nodes, "versions": [ .releaseAssets.nodes[].name | select(contains("-linux64-"))[1+index("-"):index("-linux64-")] ] } ]' ;
-          mk_delim() { printf -- '"%s_EOF_%d_"' "$1" "${RANDOM}" ; } ;
-          open_ml_var() { local f=''\%'s<<'\%'s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$2" "$1" ; } ;
-          close_ml_var() { local f='%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$1" ; } ;
-          {
-            var='releases' ;
-            delim="$(mk_delim "${var}")" ;
-            open_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
-            gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-              -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
-              -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-              -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-              -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-              -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" ;
-            close_ml_var "${delim}" "${var}" ;
-            unset -v delim jq_arg var ;
-          } >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" ;
-          # Log the human version
-          gh api graphql --cache 12h \
-            -F assets="${GH_API_GQL_ASSETS}" \
-            -F owner="${GH_API_GQL_OWNER}" \
-            -F repo="${GH_API_GQL_REPO}" \
-            -F releases="${GH_API_GQL_RELEASES}" \
-            -f query="${gql_query}" --jq "${gql_jq}" | jq '.[]' -- ;
+        uses: ./.github/actions/FFmpeg
       - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/yt-dlp releases with GitHub CLI
         id: yt-dlp
         env:

From b30d0ce88f281a9fc41c182bc4e1d6b0eb10c275 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:07:17 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 24/28] Debug the shell code

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 11 ++++++-----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 2b465feb..063b50ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,17 +38,18 @@ jobs:
         id: lowercase-variables
         shell: bash
         run: |
+          set -x ;
           set_sl_var() { local f='%s=%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$@" ; } ;
           for var in \
             actor='${{ github.actor }}' \
             repository_owner='${{ github.repository_owner }}'
           do
-            k="$(cut -d '=' -f 1)"
-            v="${var#${k}=}"
+            k="$(cut -d '=' -f 1)" ;
+            v="${var#${k}=}" ;
             set_sl_var >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
-              "${k}" "${v,,}"
-          done
-          unset -v k v var
+              "${k}" "${v,,}" ;
+          done ;
+          unset -v k v var ;
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Retrieve yt-dlp/FFmpeg-Builds releases with GitHub CLI
         id: ffmpeg

From d556f203012cd7b2528363aad9cefede91929a04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:10:21 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 25/28] fixup: cut needed some input

---
 .github/workflows/ci.yaml | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 063b50ee..2b70c334 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -38,13 +38,12 @@ jobs:
         id: lowercase-variables
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          set -x ;
           set_sl_var() { local f='%s=%s\n' ; printf -- "${f}" "$@" ; } ;
-          for var in \
+          set -x ; for var in \
             actor='${{ github.actor }}' \
             repository_owner='${{ github.repository_owner }}'
           do
-            k="$(cut -d '=' -f 1)" ;
+            k="$( cut -d '=' -f 1 <<<"${var}" )" ;
             v="${var#${k}=}" ;
             set_sl_var >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}" \
               "${k}" "${v,,}" ;

From f4e9c08376f762e2089e273f4bda51794c1a9708 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:19:47 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 26/28] Use `github.token` instead of `secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN`

---
 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
index 90a1210f..4e20ddc0 100644
--- a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@ description: 'Use GitHub CLI & API to retrieve information about FFmpeg Build re
 inputs:
   token:
     required: true
-    default: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+    default: ${{ github.token }}
     description: |
       GH_TOKEN for GitHub CLI to use.
-      Default: $${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      Default: $${{ github.token }}
   num-assets:
     required: true
     default: '25'
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Retrieve releases
       id: 'set'
       env:
-        GH_TOKEN: '${{ inputs.token }}'
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
         GH_API_GQL_ASSETS: '${{ inputs.num-assets }}'
         GH_API_GQL_RELEASES: '${{ inputs.num-releases }}'
         GH_API_GQL_OWNER: '${{ inputs.repository_owner }}'

From 97e69e415645a2943a596225a121b4f6fc5ba7a2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:29:29 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 27/28] Try without the braces

---
 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
index 4e20ddc0..db9b61bd 100644
--- a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inputs:
     default: ${{ github.token }}
     description: |
       GH_TOKEN for GitHub CLI to use.
-      Default: $${{ github.token }}
+      Default: github.token
   num-assets:
     required: true
     default: '25'

From 4e82fcb5ccd0559c08e92223a13470c5fc4e1acf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: tcely <tcely@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:42:02 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 28/28] fixup: escaping the sequence

---
 .github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
index db9b61bd..40170ccb 100644
--- a/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/FFmpeg/action.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ inputs:
     default: ${{ github.token }}
     description: |
       GH_TOKEN for GitHub CLI to use.
-      Default: github.token
+      Default: `\$\{\{ github.token \}\}`
   num-assets:
     required: true
     default: '25'