use comments not file artifacts

Author: dustywusty

.github/workflows/e2e.yml

@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ jobs:
   e2e:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
-      contents: read
+      contents: write
       pull-requests: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
         with:
           go-version: stable
@@ -34,31 +36,53 @@ jobs:
           path: e2e-artifacts
           if-no-files-found: warn
           retention-days: 7
-      - name: Comment with e2e artifacts
-        if: always()
+      - name: Publish gifs to e2e-artifacts branch
+        if: always() && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
+        env:
+          RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          if ! ls e2e-artifacts/*.gif >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "No gifs to publish"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          if git show-ref --quiet refs/remotes/origin/e2e-artifacts; then
+            git checkout -B e2e-artifacts origin/e2e-artifacts
+          else
+            git checkout --orphan e2e-artifacts
+            git rm -rf . >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+          fi
+          mkdir -p "e2e/${RUN_ID}"
+          cp e2e-artifacts/*.gif "e2e/${RUN_ID}/"
+          git add "e2e/${RUN_ID}"
+          git commit -m "e2e gifs for run ${RUN_ID}"
+          git push origin e2e-artifacts
+      - name: Comment with e2e gifs
+        if: always() && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork == false
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           script: |
             const marker = "<!-- e2e-gifs -->";
             const { owner, repo } = context.repo;
             const issue_number = context.payload.pull_request.number;
-            const run_id = context.runId;
-            const artifactsUrl = `https://github.com/${owner}/${repo}/actions/runs/${run_id}#artifacts`;
-            const { data } = await github.rest.actions.listWorkflowRunArtifacts({
-              owner,
-              repo,
-              run_id,
-              per_page: 100,
-            });
-            const lines = data.artifacts.length
-              ? data.artifacts.map((artifact) => `- ${artifact.name}`)
-              : ["- (no artifacts found)"];
+            const run_id = context.runId.toString();
+            const fs = require("fs");
+            const dir = "e2e-artifacts";
+            let files = [];
+            if (fs.existsSync(dir)) {
+              files = fs
+                .readdirSync(dir)
+                .filter((file) => file.toLowerCase().endsWith(".gif"));
+            }
+            const base = `https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${owner}/${repo}/e2e-artifacts/e2e/${run_id}`;
+            const lines = files.length
+              ? files.map((file) => `![${file}](${base}/${encodeURIComponent(file)})`)
+              : ["(no gifs found)"];
             const body = [
               marker,
-              "E2E gifs are available as workflow artifacts:",
-              artifactsUrl,
-              "",
-              "Artifacts:",
+              "E2E gifs:",
               ...lines,
             ].join("\n");
             const { data: comments } = await github.rest.issues.listComments({