Enable RustlerPrecompiled to Fetch NIFs from Exstatic (private repo) #7
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Summary
Building on #4, which introduced RustlerPrecompiled for fetching precompiled binaries, this PR adds the
Exstatic.ReleaseHelpermodule to enable authenticated downloads from the Exstatic repo. Since Exstatic is private, direct public URLs are not an option. Instead, this module implements GitHub’s private asset download flow, for retrieving the NIF binaries.I also added an up to date CHANGELOG.md in this PR.
Challenges with using RustlerPrecompiled for private GitHub releases
As discussed in philss/rustler_precompiled#65 (comment), fetching assets from private repositories requires an extra couple of steps because:
EXSTATIC_GITHUB_TOKEN(I'll add this to the README in a follow up).