---
id: artifacts
title: A tag carries binaries somebody can download
status: blocked
repos: [atgc]
dependsOn: [pipelines, publishing]
exitCriterion: >
  A tagged release has built binaries attached, listed and downloadable by
  name.
---

# artifacts

The version and the tag are handled ([publishing](publishing.md)); what is
missing is everything downstream of the tag. Building artifacts and attaching
them needs somewhere to build them, which is [pipelines](pipelines.md).

The README already carries a current-release line, rewritten on every bump,
which says only the tag today because a tag is all there is to say.

## What it needs

- [ ] `release create` / `list` / `view` — sh.tangled.repo.artifact
- [ ] `release upload` / `download` / `delete`
- [ ] Point the README's current-release line at the binary once there is
      one. The line already exists and is rewritten on every bump; it says
      only the tag today because a tag is all there is to say. Widening it
      is a one-line edit to `pre-release-replacements` in release.toml
- [ ] Releases with prebuilt binaries. The version and the tag are handled
      now; what is missing is everything downstream of the tag — building
      artifacts and attaching them, which needs a spindle

## Done

Nothing yet. Everything this epic wants is above.