Artifact name not used as GitHub file name

[DreiDe]

• Electron-Builder Version: 24.9.1

• Node Version: 18

• Electron Version: 28
• Electron Type (current, beta, nightly): current

• Target: Mac, Windows, Linux

When using the Github publisher the build.artifactName is not used as the file upload name. I would like the file name in GitHub to be My-Software-1.1.1+000.exe. Renaming it manually in GitHub is possible, so this is not a limitation of GitHub file names. I would suggest forwarding the artifactName without any validation to GitHub and see if it likes it or not.

[kashamalasha]

You can set up the asset name of the build with placeholders, like this:

"build": {
    "artifactName": "${productName}-${version}-${os}-${arch}.${ext}"
}

and set the whenever you like name in the build.productName field. It works fine.

[DreiDe]

@kashamalasha I'm using My-Software-${env.npm_package_version}.${ext} as artifact name. However the resulting name in Github is my-software-1.2.3.exe. The two mistakes are that the capital letters are removed as well as the semver build version (should be 1.2.3+000). In the env variable npm_package_version the build version is still included.

When building locally the name is also set correctly. Just not when uploading to Github.

[kashamalasha]

Try to set the My-Software as the build.productName and put the placeholder in the artifact as ${productName}. In my build it works fine. All Cap letters are still Capitalized in the release assets after uploading to GitHub.

[DreiDe]

Yes, I tried that too. No success either. Also the +000 build number will not work for an application name on MacOs meanig the build fails.

@kashamalasha What is your electron-builder version? I haven't updated since opening this issue and still use 24.9.1.

This is the output of the Github action:

• building        target=DMG arch=x64 file=dist/My-App-1.3.5+000.dmg
• building block map  blockMapFile=dist/My-App-1.3.5+000.dmg.blockmap
• publishing      publisher=Github (owner: DreiDe, project: My-App, version: 1.3.5)
• uploading       file=my-app-1.3.5.dmg.blockmap provider=github
• uploading       file=my-app-1.3.5.dmg provider=github

[kashamalasha]

"electron-builder": "^24.12.0"

this is my Actions output: https://github.com/kashamalasha/nightscout-widget-electron/actions/runs/7697577426/job/20974885587

  • notarizing finished successfully for the Owlet.app
  • building        target=macOS zip arch=arm64 file=dist/Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.zip
  • building        target=DMG arch=arm64 file=dist/Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.dmg
  • building block map  blockMapFile=dist/Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.dmg.blockmap
  • uploading       file=Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.dmg.blockmap provider=github
  • uploading       file=Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.dmg provider=github
  • building block map  blockMapFile=dist/Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.zip.blockmap
  • uploading       file=Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.zip.blockmap provider=github
  • uploading       file=Owlet-0.8.2-beta-mac-arm64.zip provider=github