Build Windows Installer in CI (#13) #35
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| name: main CI | |
| on: | |
| workflow_dispatch: | |
| push: | |
| branches: [ master ] | |
| pull_request: | |
| branches: [ master ] | |
| # add a cron job to run every month -- this project is not very active, at least ensure there's a valid CI build every month | |
| # this is also useful to check if something breaks e.g. due to infrastructure changes (e.g. Ubuntu/Windows OS) | |
| schedule: | |
| - cron: '0 0 1 * *' | |
| jobs: | |
| LinuxBuild: | |
| runs-on: ubuntu-latest | |
| steps: | |
| # install deps | |
| - uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: install debian-packaged dependencies | |
| run: sudo apt install -y libwxgtk3.2-dev libboost-graph1.83.0 libboost-serialization1.83.0 libboost-all-dev | |
| # build | |
| - name: build netlist-viewer | |
| run: cd NetlistViewer/build/linux && make | |
| # save binary | |
| - name: save built binary | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: NetlistViewer, Linux x86_64 | |
| path: NetlistViewer/build/linux/NetlistViewer | |
| if-no-files-found: error | |
| WindowsBuild: | |
| runs-on: windows-latest | |
| steps: | |
| - uses: actions/checkout@v4 | |
| - name: Add msbuild to PATH | |
| uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2 | |
| # setup vcpkg & msbuild tools | |
| # NOTE: no packages/dependencies are installed at this time -- msbuild will use vcpkg to download&build dependencies | |
| # specified in the vcpkg.json during the build step below. This happens because the VisualStudio solution has | |
| # the 'VcpkgEnableManifest' property set to True | |
| - name: Setup a new (or from cache) vcpkg (and does not build any package) | |
| uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11.5 | |
| with: | |
| # as suggested, we pin the version of "vcpkg" to a specific hash (23rd March 2025) to ensure reproducible builds | |
| vcpkgGitCommitId: a76b33254af4092ff45f08ec5adcd9fd06468b43 | |
| - name: Integrate vcpkg | |
| run: vcpkg integrate install | |
| # this is going to be veeeeeeeeeeery long | |
| - name: Build dependencies | |
| run: vcpkg install | |
| # build | |
| - name: Build netlist-viewer | |
| run: msbuild NetlistViewer\build\win\netlist_viewer_vs2022.vcxproj -t:rebuild -property:Configuration=Release -property:Platform=x64 | |
| # save the whole folder containing the binary and DLLs as workflow artifact | |
| - name: Save built binaries | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: NetlistViewer, Windows x86_64 | |
| path: NetlistViewer/build/win/x64/Release/ | |
| if-no-files-found: error | |
| # snippet of actions taken from https://github.com/NSIS-Dev/ci-examples/blob/main/.github/workflows/windows-latest.yml | |
| - name: Install NSIS | |
| run: | | |
| iwr -useb get.scoop.sh -outfile 'install.ps1' | |
| .\install.ps1 -RunAsAdmin | |
| scoop update | |
| scoop bucket add extras | |
| scoop install nsis | |
| - name: Print NSIS version | |
| run: makensis -VERSION | |
| - name: Print NSIS compile flags | |
| run: makensis -HDRINFO | |
| # now build the actual Windows installer: | |
| - name: Run NSIS | |
| run: makensis /V2 setup.nsi | |
| working-directory: NetlistViewer/distrib | |
| # save the whole folder containing the binary and DLLs as workflow artifact | |
| - name: Save built installer | |
| uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 | |
| with: | |
| name: NetlistViewer, Windows Installer | |
| path: NetlistViewer/distrib/NetlistViewer-*-win-installer.exe | |
| if-no-files-found: error |