expect json

.gitea/actions/discover-skins/action.yml

@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ runs:
             | sed 's|'"$SKINS_DIR"'/||'
         )
 
-        # Convert to compact JSON
         json=$(printf '%s\n' "${skins[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -cs .)
 
         {
@@ -121,25 +120,22 @@ runs:
         echo "    ✓ ${#uniq_skins[@]} valid skin names after cleaning"
 
         echo ""
+        echo "[Writing Changed Skins to File]"
+        changed_skins_file=$(mktemp)
+
         if [ "${#uniq_skins[@]}" -eq 0 ]; then
           echo "→ No added/modified skins detected."
-          {
-            echo "changed_skins_file<<EOF"
-            echo ""
-            echo "EOF"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "[]" > "$changed_skins_file"
         else
-          echo "[Writing Changed Skins to File]"
-          changed_skins_file=$(mktemp)
-          printf "%s\n" "${uniq_skins[@]}" > "$changed_skins_file"
-          echo "    ✓ Skins written to $changed_skins_file"
-
-          {
-            echo "changed_skins_file<<EOF"
-            echo "$changed_skins_file"
-            echo "EOF"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          printf '%s\n' "${uniq_skins[@]}" | jq -R . | jq -cs . > "$changed_skins_file"
+          echo "    ✓ Skins written to $changed_skins_file (JSON array)"
         fi
 
+        {
+          echo "changed_skins_file<<EOF"
+          echo "$changed_skins_file"
+          echo "EOF"
+        } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
         echo ""
         echo "[Detect Changed Skin Directories Complete — ${#uniq_skins[@]} skins processed, ${#deleted_skins[@]} skins deleted]"

.gitea/actions/generate-icons/action.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Generate WEBP mod icons from skins and convert panel/thumbnail PNG
 
 inputs:
   changed_skins_file:
-    description: "Path to file with changed skins"
+    description: "Path to file containing changed skins (JSON array)"
     required: true
 
 runs:
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ runs:
           exit 0
         fi
 
-        mapfile -t skin_dirs < "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}"
+        mapfile -t skin_dirs < <(jq -r '.[]' "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}")
         [ "${#skin_dirs[@]}" -eq 0 ] && { echo "No skins to process. Exiting."; exit 0; }
 
         sanitize_filename() {
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ runs:
               elif [ -f "${DEFAULT_SKIN_DIR}/selection-mod-${icon}@2x.png" ]; then
                 file="${DEFAULT_SKIN_DIR}/selection-mod-${icon}@2x.png"
               fi
-
               [ -n "$file" ] && montage_files+=("$file")
             done
 
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ runs:
           exit 0
         fi
 
-        mapfile -t skins < "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}"
+        mapfile -t skins < <(jq -r '.[]' "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}")
         [ "${#skins[@]}" -eq 0 ] && { echo "No skins to process. Exiting."; exit 0; }
 
         convert_pngs_to_webp() {

.gitea/actions/pull-lfs/action.yml

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ description: "Pull only LFS objects for changed skins and core assets"
 
 inputs:
   changed_skins_file:
-    description: "Path to file containing changed skins"
+    description: "Path to file containing changed skins (JSON array)"
     required: false
     default: ""
 
@@ -18,15 +18,17 @@ runs:
           exit 0
         fi
 
+        mapfile -t skins < <(jq -r '.[]' "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}")
+        [ "${#skins[@]}" -eq 0 ] && { echo "No skins to process. Exiting."; exit 0; }
+
         includes="src/**,export/**,media/**"
 
         skin_includes=$(
-          while IFS= read -r skin; do
+          for skin in "${skins[@]}"; do
             esc=$(printf '%s' "$skin" \
               | sed -e 's/\[/\\[/g' -e 's/\]/\\]/g')
             printf 'Skins/%s/**\n' "$esc"
-          done < "${{ inputs.changed_skins_file }}" \
-          | paste -sd ','
+          done | paste -sd ','
         )
 
         includes="$includes,$skin_includes"