ci: create release tarball before building library

Author: radhermit

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -48,21 +48,21 @@ jobs:
       with:
         path: bash
 
-    - name: Copy release files
+    - name: Create release tarball
       run: |
         # remove unused files
         rm -r bash/{doc,examples,tests,po}
 
-        # copy release files
+        # copy non-hidden files
         mkdir ${RELEASE}
         cp -a bash/* ${RELEASE}
 
+        # create tarball
+        tar -c -I "xz -9 -T0" -f ${RELEASE}.tar.xz ${RELEASE}
 
     - name: Build and install
       run: |
-        # copy release files
-        cp -a ${RELEASE} ${RELEASE}-test
-        cd ${RELEASE}-test
+        cd ${RELEASE}
 
         # configure using required scallop options
         ./configure-scallop
@@ -79,9 +79,6 @@ jobs:
         pkg-config --modversion scallop
         pkg-config --exact-version ${VERSION} scallop
 
-    - name: Create tarball
-      run: tar -c -I "xz -9 -T0" -f ${RELEASE}.tar.xz ${RELEASE}
-
     - name: Upload artifact
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
       with: