From 7c9182f0e18dadedfbca3189ab7a22a416aa6714 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Herley <robherley@github.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2023 16:33:36 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] update readme

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 README.md | 64 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 63 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ See also [upload-artifact](https://github.com/actions/upload-artifact).
   - [Examples](#examples)
     - [Download Single Artifact](#download-single-artifact)
     - [Download All Artifacts](#download-all-artifacts)
+    - [Download multiple (filtered) Artifacts to the same directory](#download-multiple-filtered-artifacts-to-the-same-directory)
     - [Download Artifacts from other Workflow Runs or Repositories](#download-artifacts-from-other-workflow-runs-or-repositories)
   - [Limitations](#limitations)
     - [Permission Loss](#permission-loss)
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ steps:
 
 ### Download All Artifacts
 
-If the `name` input parameter is not provided, all artifacts will be downloaded. **To differentiate between downloaded artifacts, a directory denoted by the artifacts name will be created for each individual artifact.**
+If the `name` input parameter is not provided, all artifacts will be downloaded. To differentiate between downloaded artifacts, by default a directory denoted by the artifacts name will be created for each individual artifact. This behavior can be changed with the `merge-multiple` input parameter.
 
 Example, if there are two artifacts `Artifact-A` and `Artifact-B`, and the directory is `etc/usr/artifacts/`, the directory structure will look like this:
 
@@ -149,6 +150,67 @@ steps:
   run: ls -R path/to/artifacts
 ```
 
+To download them to the _same_ directory:
+
+```yaml
+steps:
+- uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+  with:
+    path: path/to/artifacts
+    merge-multiple: true
+- name: Display structure of downloaded files
+  run: ls -R path/to/artifacts
+```
+
+Which will result in:
+
+```
+path/to/artifacts/
+    ... contents of Artifact-A
+    ... contents of Artifact-B
+```
+
+### Download multiple (filtered) Artifacts to the same directory
+
+In multiple arch/os scenarios, you may have Artifacts built in different jobs. To download all Artifacts to the same directory (or matching a glob pattern), you can use the `pattern` and `merge-multiple` inputs.
+
+```yaml
+jobs:
+  upload:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        runs-on: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Create a File
+      run: echo "hello from ${{ matrix.runs-on }}" > file-${{ matrix.runs-on }}.txt
+    - name: Upload Artifact
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: my-artifact-${{ matrix.runs-on }}
+        path: file-${{ matrix.runs-on }}.txt
+  download:
+    needs: upload
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Download All Artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        path: my-artifact
+        pattern: my-artifact-*
+        merge-multiple: true
+    - run: ls -R my-artifact
+```
+
+This results in a directory like so:
+
+```
+my-artifact/
+  file-macos-latest.txt
+  file-ubuntu-latest.txt
+  file-windows-latest.txt
+```
+
 ### Download Artifacts from other Workflow Runs or Repositories
 
 It may be useful to download Artifacts from other workflow runs, or even other repositories. By default, the permissions are scoped so they can only download Artifacts within the current workflow run. To elevate permissions for this scenario, you can specify a `github-token` along with other repository and run identifiers: