fix(release): dynamically locate Git and provide API zip archive fallback on Windows runner

.gitea/workflows/release.yml

@@ -61,17 +61,53 @@ jobs:
           $server = "${{ github.server_url }}"
           $token = "${{ secrets.TAG_TOKEN || github.token }}"
           $repo = "${{ github.repository }}"
+          $sha = "${{ github.sha }}"
           $cleanUrl = $server -replace "^https?://", ""
           $authUrl = "https://${token}@${cleanUrl}/${repo}.git"
 
-          if (-not (Test-Path ".git")) {
-            git init
-            git remote add origin $authUrl
-          } else {
-            git remote set-url origin $authUrl
+          # Discover and append Git install paths to PATH if missing
+          $gitCandidatePaths = @(
+            "C:\Program Files\Git\cmd",
+            "C:\Program Files\Git\bin",
+            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\cmd",
+            "C:\Program Files (x86)\Git\bin",
+            "C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin",
+            "$env:LOCALAPPDATA\Programs\Git\cmd"
+          )
+          foreach ($p in $gitCandidatePaths) {
+            if ((Test-Path $p) -and ($env:PATH -notlike "*$p*")) {
+              $env:PATH = "$p;$env:PATH"
+            }
+          }
+
+          $gitCmd = Get-Command "git" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+          if ($gitCmd) {
+            Write-Host "[+] Found Git at $($gitCmd.Source)"
+            if (-not (Test-Path ".git")) {
+              & git init
+              & git remote add origin $authUrl
+            } else {
+              & git remote set-url origin $authUrl
+            }
+            & git fetch --depth 1 origin $sha
+            & git checkout -f FETCH_HEAD
+          } else {
+            Write-Host "[!] Git binary not found in PATH. Downloading repository archive via Gitea API..."
+            $zipUrl = "$server/api/v1/repos/$repo/archive/$sha.zip"
+            $headers = @{ "Authorization" = "token $token" }
+            $zipPath = "$env:TEMP\repo_$sha.zip"
+            $extractPath = "$env:TEMP\repo_extract_$sha"
+            Invoke-RestMethod -Uri $zipUrl -Headers $headers -OutFile $zipPath -ErrorAction Stop
+            Expand-Archive -Path $zipPath -DestinationPath $extractPath -Force
+            $inner = Get-ChildItem -Path $extractPath | Where-Object { $_.PSIsContainer } | Select-Object -First 1
+            if ($inner) {
+              Copy-Item -Path "$($inner.FullName)\*" -Destination "." -Recurse -Force
+            } else {
+              Copy-Item -Path "$extractPath\*" -Destination "." -Recurse -Force
+            }
+            Remove-Item -Path $zipPath, $extractPath -Recurse -Force -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
+            Write-Host "[+] Repository successfully extracted from ZIP archive."
           }
-          git fetch --depth 1 origin "${{ github.sha }}"
-          git checkout -f FETCH_HEAD
 
       - name: Install Dependencies
         shell: powershell