diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index db458021..f9263cee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -127,7 +127,57 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.12.18-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
+
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
+        run: |
+          tar xf targets.tar
+          rm targets.tar
+
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
+
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
+        run: |
+          tar xf targets.tar
+          rm targets.tar
+
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
+
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
+        run: |
+          tar xf targets.tar
+          rm targets.tar
+
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
+
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
+        run: |
+          tar xf targets.tar
+          rm targets.tar
+
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
+
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
+        run: |
+          tar xf targets.tar
+          rm targets.tar
+
+      - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
 
       - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
         run: |
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 3a1c42af..95d44e8c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -43,10 +43,21 @@ ThisBuild / githubWorkflowPublish := Seq(
     )
   )
 )
-ThisBuild / version := {
-  val orig = (ThisBuild / version).value
-  if (orig.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) orig.split("""\+""").head + "-SNAPSHOT"
-  else orig
+
+// So that publishLocal doesn't continuously create new versions
+def versionFmt(out: sbtdynver.GitDescribeOutput): String = {
+  val snapshotSuffix = if
+    (out.isSnapshot()) "-SNAPSHOT"
+  else ""
+    out.ref.dropPrefix + snapshotSuffix
+}
+
+def fallbackVersion(d: java.util.Date): String = s"HEAD-${sbtdynver.DynVer timestamp d}"
+
+ThisBuild / version := dynverGitDescribeOutput.value.mkVersion(versionFmt, fallbackVersion(dynverCurrentDate.value))
+ThisBuild / dynver := {
+  val d = new java.util.Date
+  sbtdynver.DynVer.getGitDescribeOutput(d).mkVersion(versionFmt, fallbackVersion(d))
 }
 
 sbtPlugin := true
diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativeKeys.scala b/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativeKeys.scala
index 255eba37..dd727558 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativeKeys.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativeKeys.scala
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ trait GenerativeKeys {
   lazy val githubWorkflowPREventTypes = settingKey[Seq[PREventType]]("A list of pull request event types which will be used to trigger builds (default: [opened, synchronize, reopened])")
 
   lazy val githubWorkflowArtifactUpload = settingKey[Boolean]("Controls whether or not to upload target directories in the event that multiple jobs are running sequentially. Can be set on a per-project basis (default: true)")
+  lazy val githubWorkflowArtifactDownloadExtraKeys = settingKey[Set[String]](
+    "Additional matrix keys for which *all* artifacts should be downloaded and not just for the primary value (default: {})")
   lazy val githubWorkflowJobSetup = settingKey[Seq[WorkflowStep]]("The automatically-generated checkout, setup, and cache steps which are common to all jobs which touch the build (default: autogenerated)")
 
   lazy val githubWorkflowEnv = settingKey[Map[String, String]](s"A map of static environment variable assignments global to the workflow (default: { GITHUB_TOKEN: $${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} })")
diff --git a/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativePlugin.scala b/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativePlugin.scala
index 37786006..7e355a84 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativePlugin.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/sbtghactions/GenerativePlugin.scala
@@ -622,7 +622,7 @@ ${indent(jobs.map(compileJob(_, sbt)).mkString("\n\n"), 1)}
 
   override def buildSettings = settingDefaults ++ Seq(
     githubWorkflowPREventTypes := PREventType.Defaults,
-
+    githubWorkflowArtifactDownloadExtraKeys := Set.empty,
     githubWorkflowGeneratedUploadSteps := {
       if (githubWorkflowArtifactUpload.value) {
         val sanitized = pathStrs.value map { str =>
@@ -636,6 +636,17 @@ ${indent(jobs.map(compileJob(_, sbt)).mkString("\n\n"), 1)}
           List(s"tar cf targets.tar ${sanitized.mkString(" ")} project/target"),
           name = Some("Compress target directories"))
 
+        val matrixAdditions = githubWorkflowBuildMatrixAdditions.value
+        val keys = if (matrixAdditions.isEmpty)
+          ""
+        else
+          matrixAdditions
+          .keys
+          .toList
+          .sorted
+          .map(k => s"$${{ matrix.$k }}")
+          .mkString("-", "-", "")
+
         val upload = WorkflowStep.Use(
           UseRef.Public(
             "actions",
@@ -643,7 +654,7 @@ ${indent(jobs.map(compileJob(_, sbt)).mkString("\n\n"), 1)}
             "v3"),
           name = Some(s"Upload target directories"),
           params = Map(
-            "name" -> s"target-$${{ matrix.os }}-$${{ matrix.scala }}-$${{ matrix.java }}",
+            "name" -> s"target-$${{ matrix.os }}-$${{ matrix.java }}-$${{ matrix.scala }}$keys",
             "path" -> "targets.tar"))
 
         Seq(tar, upload)
@@ -653,24 +664,54 @@ ${indent(jobs.map(compileJob(_, sbt)).mkString("\n\n"), 1)}
     },
 
     githubWorkflowGeneratedDownloadSteps := {
-      val scalas = githubWorkflowScalaVersions.value
+      val extraKeys = githubWorkflowArtifactDownloadExtraKeys.value
+      val additions = githubWorkflowBuildMatrixAdditions.value
+      val matrixAdds = additions.map {
+        case (key, values) =>
+          if (extraKeys(key))
+            key -> values // we want to iterate over all values
+          else
+            key -> values.take(1) // we only want the primary value
+      }
+
+      val keys = "scala" :: additions.keys.toList.sorted
+      val oses = githubWorkflowOSes.value.toList
+      val scalas = githubWorkflowScalaVersions.value.toList
+      val javas = githubWorkflowJavaVersions.value.toList
+      val exclusions = githubWorkflowBuildMatrixExclusions.value.toList
+
+      // we build the list of artifacts, by iterating over all combinations of keys
+      val artifacts =
+        expandMatrix(
+          oses,
+          scalas,
+          javas,
+          matrixAdds,
+          Nil,
+          exclusions
+        ).map {
+          case _ :: scala :: _ :: tail => scala :: tail
+          case _ => sys.error("Bug generating artifact download steps") // shouldn't happen
+        }
 
       if (githubWorkflowArtifactUpload.value) {
-        scalas flatMap { v =>
+        artifacts flatMap { v =>
+          val pretty = v.mkString(", ")
+
           val download = WorkflowStep.Use(
             UseRef.Public(
               "actions",
               "download-artifact",
               "v3"),
-            name = Some(s"Download target directories ($v)"),
+            name = Some(s"Download target directories ($pretty)"),
             params = Map(
-              "name" -> s"target-$${{ matrix.os }}-$v-$${{ matrix.java }}"))
+              "name" -> s"target-$${{ matrix.os }}-$${{ matrix.java }}${v.mkString("-", "-", "")}"))
 
           val untar = WorkflowStep.Run(
             List(
               "tar xf targets.tar",
               "rm targets.tar"),
-            name = Some(s"Inflate target directories ($v)"))
+            name = Some(s"Inflate target directories ($pretty)"))
 
           Seq(download, untar)
         }
@@ -931,7 +972,37 @@ ${indent(jobs.map(compileJob(_, sbt)).mkString("\n\n"), 1)}
     },
     githubWorkflowDir := baseDirectory.value / ".github")
 
-  private[sbtghactions] def diff(expected: String, actual: String): String = {
+  private def expandMatrix(
+      oses: List[String],
+      scalas: List[String],
+      javas: List[JavaSpec],
+      matrixAdds: Map[String, List[String]],
+      includes: List[MatrixInclude],
+      excludes: List[MatrixExclude]
+  ): List[List[String]] = {
+    val keys = "os" :: "scala" :: "java" :: matrixAdds.keys.toList.sorted
+    val matrix =
+      matrixAdds + ("os" -> oses) + ("scala" -> scalas) + ("java" -> javas.map(_.render))
+
+    // expand the matrix
+    keys
+      .foldLeft(List(List.empty[String])) { (cells, key) =>
+        val values = matrix.getOrElse(key, Nil)
+        cells.flatMap { cell => values.map(v => cell ::: v :: Nil) }
+      }
+      .filterNot { cell => // remove the excludes
+        val job = keys.zip(cell).toMap
+        excludes.exists { // there is an exclude that matches the current job
+          case MatrixExclude(matching) => matching.toSet.subsetOf(job.toSet)
+        }
+      } ::: includes.map { // add the includes
+      case MatrixInclude(matching, additions) =>
+        // yoloing here, but let's wait for the bug report
+        keys.map(matching) ::: additions.values.toList
+    }
+  }
+
+  private def diff(expected: String, actual: String): String = {
     val expectedLines = expected.split("\n", -1)
     val actualLines = actual.split("\n", -1)
     val (lines, _) = expectedLines.zipAll(actualLines, "", "").foldLeft((Vector.empty[String], false)) {
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/check-and-regenerate/expected-ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/check-and-regenerate/expected-ci.yml
index be4d31f8..baeedf69 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/check-and-regenerate/expected-ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/check-and-regenerate/expected-ci.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.test }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -112,22 +112,12 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           cache: sbt
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17, this)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.13.10-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13.10-2.12.17-this
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10)
-        run: |
-          tar xf targets.tar
-          rm targets.tar
-
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.12.17-${{ matrix.java }}
-
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17, this)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/githubworkflowoses-clean-publish/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/githubworkflowoses-clean-publish/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ae164536..76ee29e8 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/githubworkflowoses-clean-publish/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/githubworkflowoses-clean-publish/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -105,23 +105,12 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 8
           cache: sbt
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.13.10-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13.10-2.12.17
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10)
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          tar xf targets.tar
-          rm targets.tar
-
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.12.17-${{ matrix.java }}
-
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17)
         shell: bash
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/no-clean/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/no-clean/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index aacb7405..fce12d1e 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/no-clean/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/no-clean/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -78,22 +78,12 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 8
           cache: sbt
 
-      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10)
+      - name: Download target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.13.10-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13.10-2.12.17
 
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10)
-        run: |
-          tar xf targets.tar
-          rm targets.tar
-
-      - name: Download target directories (2.12.17)
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.12.17-${{ matrix.java }}
-
-      - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.17)
+      - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10, 2.12.17)
         run: |
           tar xf targets.tar
           rm targets.tar
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/non-existent-target/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/non-existent-target/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9fa73b9b..1ea0cc41 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/non-existent-target/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/non-existent-target/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download target directories (2.13.10)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.13.10-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13.10
 
       - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10)
         run: |
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/sbt-native-thin-client/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/sbt-native-thin-client/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index edf23b23..3f67212c 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/sbt-native-thin-client/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/sbt-native-thin-client/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download target directories (2.12.18)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.12.18-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.12.18
 
       - name: Inflate target directories (2.12.18)
         run: |
diff --git a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/suppressed-scala-version/expected-ci.yml b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/suppressed-scala-version/expected-ci.yml
index 60dddc34..0e4d0904 100644
--- a/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/suppressed-scala-version/expected-ci.yml
+++ b/src/sbt-test/sbtghactions/suppressed-scala-version/expected-ci.yml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload target directories
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.scala }}-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-${{ matrix.scala }}
           path: targets.tar
 
   publish:
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Download target directories (2.13.10)
         uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-2.13.10-${{ matrix.java }}
+          name: target-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.java }}-2.13.10
 
       - name: Inflate target directories (2.13.10)
         run: |