Simplify and fix pre-release downloads

.github/workflows/build-test-release.yml

@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ on:
         description: Create a (pre-)release when CI passes
         default: false
         required: false
+    outputs:
+      tag:
+        description: "The created release tag"
+        value: ${{ jobs.github-release.outputs.tag }}
+
   # run this workflow manually from the Actions tab
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
@@ -28,7 +33,6 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-
   build-python:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
     needs: build-python
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
         python: ["3.11", "3.12", "3.13"]
       fail-fast: false
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -101,6 +105,8 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      tag: ${{ steps.tag.outputs.tag }}
     steps:
       - name: Setup Python 3.13
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -64,22 +64,13 @@ jobs:
     if: (github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.create_release) || github.event_name == 'push'
 
     steps:
-      - name: Download assets from GitHub release
-        uses: robinraju/release-downloader@v1
-        with:
-          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
-          # download the latest release
-          latest: true
-          # don't download pre-releases
-          preRelease: false
-          fileName: "*"
-          # don't download GitHub-generated source tar and zip files
-          tarBall: false
-          zipBall: false
-          # create a directory to store the downloaded assets
-          out-file-path: assets-to-publish
-          # don't extract downloaded files
-          extract: false
+      - name: Download assets from latest GitHub release using gh CLI
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p assets-to-publish
+          release_tag="${{ needs.build-test-release.outputs.tag }}"
+          gh release download "$release_tag" --repo "$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --dir assets-to-publish
 
       - name: List downloaded assets
         run: ls -la assets-to-publish