Upgrade Github v3 artifacts to v4

Upgrade Github v3 artifacts to v4

Today I woke up with a build error in my github actions project with following message

This request has been automatically failed because it uses a deprecated version of `actions/upload-artifact: v3`. Learn more: https://github.blog/changelog/2024-04-16-deprecation-notice-v3-of-the-artifact-actions/

I had to upgrade my upload & download artifact step from v3 to v4

 steps:
    - name: Upload artifact for deployment job
      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
      with:
      name: .net-app
      path: ${{env.DOTNET_ROOT}}/myapp
  
  steps:
      - name: Download artifact from build job
        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: .net-app

What’s improved in v4

  1. Performance and speed
  2. Public API Availability
  3. Single Upload Limitation ( Artifacts with the same name can’t be uploaded twice)

If any of these changes interest you, you can read more on : https://github.blog/news-insights/product-news/get-started-with-v4-of-github-actions-artifacts/

Happy coding!