build.yml

name: Build

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - 'v*.*.*'

# Workflow's jobs
jobs:
  # job's id
  release:
    # job's name
    name: build and release electron app

    # the type of machine to run the job on
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    # create a build matrix for jobs
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os: [windows-latest, macos-latest]

    # create steps
    steps:
      # step1: check out repository
      - name: Checkout git repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      # step2: setup node env
      - name: Install Node and NPM
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version: 18
          cache: npm

      # step3: npm install and package
      - name: Install and build
        run: |
          npm install
          npm run postinstall
          npm run package

      # step4: cleanup artifacts in release
      - name: Cleanup artifacts for windows
        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
        run: |
          npx rimraf "release/build/!(*.exe)"

      - name: Cleanup artifacts for macos
        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest'
        run: |
          npx rimraf "release/build/!(*.dmg)"

      # step5: upload artifacts
      - name: Upload artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: ${{ matrix.os }}
          path: release/build

      # step6: create release
      - name: Create release
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
        with:
          files: 'release/build/**'
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}