feat(ci): enhance GitHub Actions pipeline for artifact management

- Refines Helm chart repository configuration by separating protocol for clarity and flexibility.
- Updates output result handling during evaluation to ensure accurate success/failure reporting.
- Integrates additional steps for downloading helm and kubectl artifacts.
- Reinstates tools installation steps for ORAS and includes login to GitHub Container Registry.
- Implements pushing Helm chart metadata to the artifact hub in accordance with the new repository protocol.

Author: winromulus

.github/workflows/pipeline.yaml

@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ concurrency:
 env:
   helm_chart: "reflector"
   helm_chart_dir: "src/helm/reflector"
-  helm_chart_repository: "oci://ghcr.io/emberstack/helm-charts"
+  helm_chart_repository: "ghcr.io/emberstack/helm-charts"
+  helm_chart_repository_protocol: "oci://"
 
   container_image: "kubernetes-reflector"
   container_image_build_context: "."
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ jobs:
           else
             result=false
           fi
-          echo "result=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "result=$result" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: evaluate - build_push
         id: evaluate_build_push
@@ -178,16 +179,6 @@ jobs:
           reporter: dotnet-trx
           fail-on-empty: "false"
 
-      # - name: tools - kubectl - install
-      #   uses: azure/setup-kubectl@v4
-
-      # - name: tools - oras - install
-      #   uses: oras-project/setup-oras@v1
-
-      # - name: tools - oras - login - ghcr.io
-      #   if: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.requiresBuildPush == 'true' }}
-      #   run: echo "${{ secrets.ES_GITHUB_PAT }}" | oras login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
-
       - name: tools - helm - install
         uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
 
@@ -252,7 +243,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: helm - push
         if: ${{ env.build_push == 'true' }}
-        run: helm push .artifacts/helm/${{ env.helm_chart }}-${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}.tgz ${{ env.helm_chart_repository }}
+        run: helm push .artifacts/helm/${{ env.helm_chart }}-${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}.tgz ${{ env.helm_chart_repository_protocol }}${{ env.helm_chart_repository }}
 
       - name: artifacts - helm - upload
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -272,36 +263,53 @@ jobs:
     needs: [discovery, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
-      release: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.release }}
       gitVersion_SemVer: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.gitVersion_SemVer }}
       gitVersion_AssemblySemFileVer: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.gitVersion_AssemblySemFileVer }}
     steps:
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # - name: oras - push - artifact hub metadata
-      #   if: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.requiresRelease == 'true' }}
-      #   run: |
-      #     oras push ghcr.io/${{ github.repository_owner }}/helm-charts/${{ env.helmChart }}:artifacthub.io \
-      #       --config /dev/null:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.config.v1+yaml \
-      #       .artifacts/artifacthub/artifacthub-repo.yaml:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.repository-metadata.layer.v1.yaml
-
-      # - name: docker - tag and push - latest
-      #   if: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.requiresRelease == 'true' }}
-      #   run: |
-      #     docker buildx imagetools create \
-      #       --tag ${{ env.dockerHubContainerImageRepository }}/${{ env.containerImage }}:latest \
-      #       --tag ${{ env.ghcrContainerImageRepository }}/${{ env.containerImage }}:latest \
-      #       ${{ env.ghcrContainerImageRepository }}/${{ env.containerImage }}:${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
-
-      # - name: github - release - create
-      #   if: ${{ needs.discovery.outputs.requiresRelease == 'true' }}
-      #   uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
-      #   with:
-      #     repository: ${{ github.repository }}
-      #     name: v${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
-      #     tag_name: v${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
-      #     body: The release process is automated.
-      #     generate_release_notes: true
-      #     token: ${{ secrets.ES_GITHUB_PAT }}
-      #     files: |
-      #       .artifacts/kubectl/${{ env.helmChart }}.yaml
+
+      - name: artifacts - helm - download
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts-helm-${{env.gitVersion_SemVer}}
+          path: .artifacts/helm
+
+      - name: artifacts - kubectl - download
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: artifacts-kubectl-${{env.gitVersion_SemVer}}
+          path: .artifacts/kubectl
+
+      - name: tools - oras - install
+        uses: oras-project/setup-oras@v1
+
+      - name: tools - oras - login - ghcr.io
+        run: echo "${{ secrets.ES_GITHUB_PAT }}" | oras login ghcr.io -u ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
+
+
+      - name: oras - push - helm - artifact hub metadata
+        if: ${{ env.helm_chart_repository_protocol == 'oci://' }}
+        run: |
+          oras push ${{ env.helm_chart_repository }}/${{ env.helm_chart }}:artifacthub.io \
+            --config /dev/null:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.config.v1+yaml \
+            .artifacts/helm/artifacthub-repo.yaml:application/vnd.cncf.artifacthub.repository-metadata.layer.v1.yaml
+
+      - name: docker - tag and push - latest
+        run: |
+          docker buildx imagetools create \
+            --tag ${{ env.container_image_repository_dockerhub }}/${{ env.container_image }}:latest \
+            --tag ${{ env.container_image_repository_ghcr }}/${{ env.container_image }}:latest \
+            --tag ${{ env.container_image_repository_dockerhub }}/${{ env.container_image }}:${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }} \
+            --tag ${{ env.container_image_repository_ghcr }}/${{ env.container_image }}:${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }} \
+            ${{ env.container_image_repository_ghcr }}/${{ env.container_image }}:${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
+
+      - name: github - release - create
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ github.repository }}
+          name: v${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
+          tag_name: v${{ env.gitVersion_SemVer }}
+          body: The release process is automated.
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.ES_GITHUB_PAT }}
+          files: |
+            .artifacts/kubectl/${{ env.helmChart }}.yaml