This action allows you to select an executable file which is then stripped and run through upx which drastically decreases the size of those executables. It runs on all operating systems types offered by GitHub.
files
: Newline-delimited list of path globs for files to compress. It's compressed in-place. If on Windows, provide Unix style paths (c:/something
). either files or file required
file
: The file you want to compress. It's compressed in-place. Deprecated, prefer files
.args
: Arguments to pass to UPX. optional
strip
: Whether or not "strip" symbols from object file (default true
). optional
strip_args
: Arguments to pass to strip. optional
This Action is meant to be ran on just-compiled executables in the same CI job.
Simple example:
name: Publish
on:
push:
tags:
- '*'
jobs:
build:
name: Publish binaries
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Build
run: cargo build --release --locked
- name: Compress binaries
uses: svenstaro/upx-action@v2
with:
files: |
target/release/mything
target/release/*
Complex example with more operating systems and inputs:
name: Publish
on:
push:
tags:
- '*'
jobs:
build:
name: Publish binaries for ${{ matrix.os }}
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
strategy:
matrix:
include:
- os: ubuntu-latest
files: |
target/release/mything
args: --best --lzma
strip: true
- os: windows-latest
files: |
target/release/mything.exe
args: -9
strip: false
- os: macos-latest
files: |
target/release/mything
args: --best
strip: true
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Build
run: cargo build --release --locked
- name: Compress binaries
uses: svenstaro/upx-action@v2
with:
files: |
${{ matrix.file }}
args: ${{ matrix.args }}
strip: ${{ matrix.strip }}
To release this Action:
package.json
CHANGELOG.md
entrynpm update
npm run all
git commit -am <version>
git tag -sm <version> <version>
git push --follow-tags