About

A GitHub Action for releasing a directory of executable binaries. Useful when using a cross compiler.

Usage

Below is a simple snippet to cross compile a Golang app, and release it as needed.

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*'

jobs:
  release:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        go_version: [1.13.x]
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v1
      - name: Build with xgo
        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-xgo@v1
        with:
          xgo_version: latest
          go_version: ${{ matrix.go_version }}
          dest: build
          prefix: myapp
          targets: windows/386,windows/amd64,linux/386,linux/amd64,darwin/386,darwin/amd64
          v: true
          x: false
          ldflags: -s -w
      - name: Create Release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
        id: create_release
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
          draft: false
          prerelease: false
      - name: Upload Release Assets
        uses: glentiki/xbin-release-action@v1.0.0
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }} # This pulls from the CREATE RELEASE step above, referencing it's ID to get its outputs object, which include a `upload_url`. See this blog post for more info: https://jasonet.co/posts/new-features-of-github-actions/#passing-data-to-future-steps
          assets_path: ./build

Customizing

inputs

Following inputs can be used as step.with keys

Name	Type	Required	Description
upload_url	String	true	Github release upload url. Supplied via create release action
assets_path	String	true	Path to directory of assets to upload

Limitations

Binaries that are uploaded as release artifacts may need to made executable before usage when downloaded.

License

MIT. See LICENSE for more details.