Scrap concept of using separate jobs/VMs

Author: LlmDl

.github/workflows/deploy_prerelease.yml

@@ -5,37 +5,13 @@ env:
   CURR_VER: 0.0.0.0
   SUPPORTED: " for MC 1.19.* & 1.20.* & 1.21.*"
 jobs:
-  prepare_prerelease_body:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Prepare Prerelease Body
-    steps:
-      - name: checkout repo content
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3 # checkout the repository content to github runner.
-      - name: setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.8 #install the python needed
-      - name: create sponsors.txt
-        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/get_sponsors.py
-      - name: create staging dir
-        run: mkdir staging && cp sponsors.txt staging
-      - name: execute sponsortable.py
-        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/sponsortable.py
-      - name: execute preRelease.py
-        id: prerelease_py
-        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/prerelease.py
-      - name: save txt
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: prerelease.txt
-          path: ./staging/
-  checkout_and_compile:
-    needs: prepare_prerelease_body
+  build_towny_and_publish_prerelease:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java: ['21']
-    name: Checkout and Compile Towny
+    name: Build Towny and Publish Pre-Release
     steps:
       - name: checkout repo content
         uses: actions/checkout@v3 # checkout the repository content to github runner.
@@ -50,36 +26,30 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: mvn -B clean package -DskipTests=false
-      - name: save jar
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: towny-${{ env.CURR_VER }}.jar
-          path: ./Towny/target/
-  publish_prerelease:
-    needs: [checkout_and_compile, prepare_prerelease_body]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Publish Prerelease
-    steps:
-      - name: load towny jar
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: towny-${{ env.CURR_VER }}.jar
-          path: ./
-      - name: load prerelease.txt
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+
+      - name: setup python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v3
         with:
-          name: prerelease.txt
-          path: ./
+          python-version: 3.8 #install the python needed
+      - name: create sponsors.txt
+        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/get_sponsors.py
+      - name: create staging dir
+        run: mkdir staging && cp sponsors.txt staging
+      - name: execute sponsortable.py
+        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/sponsortable.py
+      - name: execute prerelease.py
+        id: prerelease_py
+        run: python ./.github/workflows/prerelease/prerelease.py
       - name: create pre-release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          body_path: ./prerelease.txt
+          body_path: ./staging/prerelease.txt
           prerelease: true
           draft: true
           token: ${{ github.token }}
           tag_name: ${{ env.CURR_VER }}
           name: ${{ env.CURR_VER }}${{ env.SUPPORTED }}
           files: |
-            ./towny-${{ env.CURR_VER }}.jar
+            ./Towny/target/towny-${{ env.CURR_VER }}.jar
         env:
           GITHUB_REPOSITORY: my_gh_org/my_gh_repo