compile-inno-setup workflow (version-fox/vfox)

The compile-inno-setup workflow from version-fox/vfox, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: version-fox/vfox.github/workflows/compile-inno-setup.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the compile-inno-setup workflow from the version-fox/vfox repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

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The workflow

workflow (.yml)

name: compile-inno-setup

on:
  release:
    types: [released]

permissions:
  contents: write
  id-token: write
  packages: write

jobs:
  compile-inno-setup:
    name: Compile setup and publish
    runs-on: windows-latest
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: inno_setup
    steps:
      - name: Checkout version-fox
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Get version-fox version
        id: version-fox-version
        uses: actions/github-script@v9
        with:
          github-token: NO_NEED
          result-encoding: string
          script: return "${{ github.ref }}".substring(11)
      - name: Install Inno Setup
        run: |
          curl --retry 10 --retry-all-errors -L -o installer.exe https://jrsoftware.org/download.php/is.exe
          ./installer.exe /verysilent /allusers /dir=inst
          sleep 60
      - name: Download version-fox packages
        env:
          VFOX_VERSION: ${{ steps.version-fox-version.outputs.result }}
          DOWNLOAD_URL: https://github.com/${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}/releases/download
        run: |
          curl -L -o i386.zip    ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_i386.zip    && unzip i386.zip
          curl -L -o x86_64.zip  ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_x86_64.zip  && unzip x86_64.zip
          curl -L -o aarch64.zip ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_aarch64.zip && unzip aarch64.zip
      - name: Compile by Inno Setup
        env:
          VFOX_VERSION: ${{ steps.version-fox-version.outputs.result }}
        run: |
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_i386.iss
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_x86_64.iss
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_aarch64.iss
      - name: Upload Inno Setup Assets
        uses: version-fox/vfox-release-assets@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          release_id: ${{ github.event.release.id }}
          assets_path: inno_setup/Output/*.exe

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name: compile-inno-setup
 
on:
  release:
    types: [released]
 
permissions:
  contents: write
  id-token: write
  packages: write
 
jobs:
  compile-inno-setup:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Compile setup and publish
    runs-on: windows-latest
    defaults:
      run:
        working-directory: inno_setup
    steps:
      - name: Checkout version-fox
        uses: actions/checkout@v6
      - name: Get version-fox version
        id: version-fox-version
        uses: actions/github-script@v9
        with:
          github-token: NO_NEED
          result-encoding: string
          script: return "${{ github.ref }}".substring(11)
      - name: Install Inno Setup
        run: |
          curl --retry 10 --retry-all-errors -L -o installer.exe https://jrsoftware.org/download.php/is.exe
          ./installer.exe /verysilent /allusers /dir=inst
          sleep 60
      - name: Download version-fox packages
        env:
          VFOX_VERSION: ${{ steps.version-fox-version.outputs.result }}
          DOWNLOAD_URL: https://github.com/${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}/releases/download
        run: |
          curl -L -o i386.zip    ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_i386.zip    && unzip i386.zip
          curl -L -o x86_64.zip  ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_x86_64.zip  && unzip x86_64.zip
          curl -L -o aarch64.zip ${{ env.DOWNLOAD_URL }}/v${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}/vfox_${{ env.VFOX_VERSION }}_windows_aarch64.zip && unzip aarch64.zip
      - name: Compile by Inno Setup
        env:
          VFOX_VERSION: ${{ steps.version-fox-version.outputs.result }}
        run: |
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_i386.iss
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_x86_64.iss
          ./inst/iscc vfox_windows_aarch64.iss
      - name: Upload Inno Setup Assets
        uses: version-fox/vfox-release-assets@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          release_id: ${{ github.event.release.id }}
          assets_path: inno_setup/Output/*.exe

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Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/github-script