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+name: Nightly Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.gitignore'
+      - '*.md'
+      - '.gitea/**'
+      - '!.gitea/workflows/nightly.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: nightly
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Install Nix
+      uses: https://github.com/cachix/install-nix-action@v27
+      with:
+        extra_nix_config: |
+          experimental-features = nix-command flakes
+          accept-flake-config = true
+
+    # Caches the Nix store so the Windows SDK fixed-output derivation
+    # (downloaded via xwin) is not re-fetched on every run.
+    - name: Cache Nix store
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: |
+          ~/.cache/nix
+          /nix/store
+          /nix/var/nix/db
+          /nix/var/nix/gcroots
+        key: nix-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('flake.lock') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          nix-${{ runner.os }}-
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: nix build .#unwrapped --out-link result-unwrapped
+
+    - name: Package artifacts
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p staging
+
+        # Client zip (full runtime)
+        cd result-unwrapped/client
+        zip -r ../../staging/LCEWindows64.zip .
+        # Standalone exe for quick updates
+        cp Minecraft.Client.exe ../../staging/
+        cd ../..
+
+    - name: Upload build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: build-windows64
+        path: staging/*
+
+  release:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download build artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        path: artifacts
+        merge-multiple: true
+
+    - name: Publish nightly release
+      env:
+        FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        set -euo pipefail
+
+        API="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1"
+        REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+        TAG="nightly"
+        AUTH="Authorization: token $FORGEJO_TOKEN"
+
+        # Check whether the nightly tag/release already exists
+        HTTP_STATUS=$(curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" \
+          -H "$AUTH" \
+          "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG")
+
+        if [[ "$HTTP_STATUS" == "200" ]]; then
+          echo "[info] Updating existing nightly release..."
+          RELEASE=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/tags/$TAG")
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | jq -r '.id')
+
+          # Wipe all existing assets so the release stays current
+          ASSETS=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets")
+          for ASSET_ID in $(echo "$ASSETS" | jq -r '.[].id'); do
+            curl -s -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" \
+              "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets/$ASSET_ID"
+          done
+
+          # Update release metadata
+          curl -s -X PATCH \
+            -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID" \
+            -d '{
+              "name": "Nightly Client Release",
+              "prerelease": true,
+              "body": "Requires at least Windows 7 and a DirectX 11 compatible GPU.\n\n# \ud83d\udea8 First time here? \ud83d\udea8\nDownload `LCEWindows64.zip` and extract it to the folder where you want to keep the game. The other files are already inside the `.zip`!"
+            }'
+        else
+          echo "[info] Creating new nightly release..."
+          RELEASE=$(curl -s -X POST \
+            -H "$AUTH" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            "$API/repos/$REPO/releases" \
+            -d '{
+              "tag_name": "'"$TAG"'",
+              "name": "Nightly Client Release",
+              "prerelease": true,
+              "body": "Requires at least Windows 7 and a DirectX 11 compatible GPU.\n\n# \ud83d\udea8 First time here? \ud83d\udea8\nDownload `LCEWindows64.zip` and extract it to the folder where you want to keep the game. The other files are already inside the `.zip`!"
+            }')
+          RELEASE_ID=$(echo "$RELEASE" | jq -r '.id')
+        fi
+
+        echo "[info] Uploading assets to release $RELEASE_ID..."
+        for FILE in artifacts/*; do
+          FILENAME=$(basename "$FILE")
+          echo "[info]   -> $FILENAME"
+          curl -s -X POST \
+            -H "$AUTH" \
+            -F "attachment=@$FILE;filename=$FILENAME" \
+            "$API/repos/$REPO/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets" > /dev/null
+        done
+        echo "[info] Done."
+
+  cleanup:
+    needs: [build, release]
+    if: always()
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Delete build artifacts
+      env:
+        FORGEJO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        API="${{ github.server_url }}/api/v1"
+        REPO="${{ github.repository }}"
+        AUTH="Authorization: token $FORGEJO_TOKEN"
+
+        ARTIFACTS=$(curl -s -H "$AUTH" \
+          "$API/repos/$REPO/actions/artifacts?name=build-windows64")
+
+        for ARTIFACT_ID in $(echo "$ARTIFACTS" | jq -r '.artifacts[].id // empty'); do
+          echo "[info] Deleting artifact $ARTIFACT_ID"
+          curl -s -X DELETE -H "$AUTH" \
+            "$API/repos/$REPO/actions/artifacts/$ARTIFACT_ID"
+        done
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