get automatic release workflow working

.github/workflows/binaries.yml

@@ -4,10 +4,7 @@ description: build standalone executables using PyInstaller
 on:
   push:
     branches: 
-      - '*'
-  pull_request:
-    branches: 
-      - '*'
+      - 'master'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -15,17 +15,42 @@ jobs:
         id: get_run_id
         run: |
             run_id=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
-                "https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER}/${REPO_NAME}/actions/workflows/binaries.yml/runs?status=success" | \
-            jq -r '.workflow_runs|sort_by(.updated_at)[-1].id')
+                "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/binaries.yml/runs?status=success&per_page=1" | \
+            jq -r '.workflow_runs[0].id')
+            if [ -z "$run_id" ] || [ "$run_id" = "null" ]; then
+                printf >&2 'No successful workflow runs found for binaries.yml. Cannot create release.\n'
+                exit 1
+            fi
             printf 'run_id=%s\n' "$run_id" >>"$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
       - name: Download all workflow run artifacts
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
         with:
           path: ./artifacts
           run-id: ${{ steps.get_run_id.outputs.run_id }}
-      - name: Create Release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Archive artifacts
+        run: |
+            cd artifacts || {
+              printf >&2 'No artifacts directory. Cannot create release.\n';
+              exit 1
+            }
+            found=0
+            for dir in */; do
+               if [ -n "$(ls -A "$dir" 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+                 (cd "$dir" && zip -r "../${dir%/}.zip" .) || { echo "Failed to create zip for $dir"; exit 1; }
+                 found=1
+               else
+                 echo "Skipping $dir: directory is empty"
+               fi
+            done
+            if [ $found -eq 0 ]; then
+                printf >&2 'No files to archive. Cannot create release.\n'
+                exit 1
+            fi
+      - name: Create release and upload assets
+        id: create_release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
-          files: ./artifacts/**/*
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          artifacts: "artifacts/*.zip"
+          tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}