Github Actions

Written 2021-01-26

Each workflow is in a YAML file

Here's an example that builds Rust binaries for each platform

name: Build release binaries

# The events to trigger the workflow
# repository_dispatch is a manual trigger that you do via an API call
on:
  repository_dispatch:
    types: [tag-created]

jobs:
  # Can define multiple jobs
  release:
    name: Build and Release
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            artifact_name: export-roam-notes
            asset_name: export-roam-notes-linux-amd64
          - os: macos-latest
            artifact_name: export-roam-notes
            asset_name: export-roam-notes-macos-amd64
          - os: windows-latest
            artifact_name: export-roam-notes.exe
            asset_name: export-roam-notes-windows-amd64.exe
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: Build
        run: cargo build --release --locked
      - name: Upload binary
        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v1-release
        with:
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          file: target/release/${{ matrix.artifact_name }}
          asset_name: ${{ matrix.asset_name }}
          tag: ${{ github.event.client_payload.new_version }}

Manually Triggering Workflows
- Repository dispatch: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/events-that-trigger-workflows#repository_dispatch

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