fix(release): upload assets via curl multipart, reuse existing release on resume

scripts/release.py

@@ -103,24 +103,24 @@ def _gitea_api(base: str, token: str, method: str, path: str, payload: dict | No
 
 
 def _upload_asset(base: str, token: str, repo: str, release_id: int, path: Path) -> None:
-    boundary = "----evosci-release"
+    # curl -F: urllib's hand-rolled multipart gets a 403 from Gitea
-    data = path.read_bytes()
+    subprocess.run(
-    body = (
+        [
-        f"--{boundary}\r\n"
+            "curl",
-        f'Content-Disposition: form-data; name="attachment"; filename="{path.name}"\r\n'
+            "-sS",
-        f"Content-Type: application/octet-stream\r\n\r\n"
+            "-f",
-    ).encode() + data + f"\r\n--{boundary}--\r\n".encode()
+            "-X",
-    req = urllib.request.Request(
+            "POST",
+            "-H",
+            f"Authorization: token {token}",
+            "-F",
+            f"attachment=@{path}",
             f"{base}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases/{release_id}/assets?name={path.name}",
-        data=body,
+        ],
-        method="POST",
+        check=True,
-        headers={
+        capture_output=True,
-            "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+        text=True,
-            "Content-Type": f"multipart/form-data; boundary={boundary}",
-        },
     )
-    with urllib.request.urlopen(req, timeout=300):
-        pass
 
 
 def main(argv=None, *, run=subprocess.run, repo_root: Path | None = None) -> int:
@@ -269,6 +269,12 @@ def main(argv=None, *, run=subprocess.run, repo_root: Path | None = None) -> int
         body = "\n\n".join(notes) or f"Release v{target}"
         if args.breaking_db:
             body = "BREAKING-DB\n\n" + body
+        try:
+            rel = _gitea_api(base, token, "GET", f"/repos/{repo}/releases/tags/v{target}")
+            print(f"  reusing existing release v{target} (id {rel['id']})")
+        except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+            if e.code != 404:
+                raise
             rel = _gitea_api(
                 base,
                 token,