upload-rust-binary-action

GitHub Action for building and uploading Rust binary to GitHub Releases.

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Supported events
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Usage

This action builds and uploads Rust binary that specified by bin option to GitHub Releases.

Currently, this action is basically intended to be used in combination with an action like create-gh-release-action that creates a GitHub release when a tag is pushed. See also supported events.

Inputs

Name	Required	Description	Type	Default
bin	true	Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload	String
token	true ¹	GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases (see action.yml for more)	String
archive	false	Archive name (non-extension portion of filename) to be uploaded	String	`$bin-$target`
target	false	Target triple, default is host triple	String	(host triple)
features	false	Comma-separated list of cargo build features to enable	String
no_default_features	false	Whether to disable cargo build default features	Boolean	`false`
tar	false	On which platform to distribute the `.tar.gz` file (all, unix, windows, or none)	String	`unix`
zip	false	On which platform to distribute the `.zip` file (all, unix, windows, or none)	String	`windows`
checksum	false	Comma-separated list of algorithms to be used for checksum (sha256, sha512, sha1, or md5)	String
include	false	Comma-separated list of additional files to be included to the archive	String
asset	false	Comma-separated list of additional files to be uploaded separately	String
leading_dir	false	Whether to create the leading directory in the archive or not	Boolean	`false`
build_tool	false	Tool to build binaries (cargo or cross, see cross-compilation example for more)	String
ref	false	Fully-formed tag ref for this release (see action.yml for more)	String
manifest_path	false	Path to Cargo.toml	String	`Cargo.toml`

Example workflow: Basic usage

In this example, when a new tag is pushed, creating a new GitHub Release by using create-gh-release-action, then uploading Rust binary to the created GitHub Release.

An archive file with a name like $bin-$target.tar.gz will be uploaded to GitHub Release.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          bin: ...
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

You can specify multiple binaries when the root manifest is a virtual manifest or specified binaries are in the same crate.

- uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
  with:
    # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
    # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
    bin: app1,app2
    # (optional) Archive name (non-extension portion of filename) to be uploaded.
    # [default value: $bin-$target]
    # [possible values: the following variables and any string]
    #   variables:
    #     - $bin    - Binary name (non-extension portion of filename).
    #     - $target - Target triple.
    #     - $tag    - Tag of this release.
    # When multiple binary names are specified, default archive name or $bin variable cannot be used.
    archive: app-$target
    # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Example workflow: Basic usage (multiple platforms)

This action supports Linux, macOS, and Windows as a host OS and supports binaries for various targets.

Example workflow: Customize archive name

By default, this action will upload an archive file with a name like $bin-$target.$extension.

You can customize archive name by archive option.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          bin: ...
          # (optional) Archive name (non-extension portion of filename) to be uploaded.
          # [default value: $bin-$target]
          # [possible values: the following variables and any string]
          #   variables:
          #     - $bin    - Binary name (non-extension portion of filename).
          #     - $target - Target triple.
          #     - $tag    - Tag of this release.
          # When multiple binary names are specified, default archive name or $bin variable cannot be used.
          archive: $bin-$tag-$target
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Example workflow: Build with different features on different platforms

This action enables the systemd and io_uring features for Linux, and leave macOS, and Windows with default set of features.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
        include:
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            features: systemd,io_uring
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          bin: ...
          # (optional) On which platform to distribute the `.tar.gz` file.
          # [default value: unix]
          # [possible values: all, unix, windows, none]
          tar: unix
          # (optional) On which platform to distribute the `.zip` file.
          # [default value: windows]
          # [possible values: all, unix, windows, none]
          zip: windows
          # (optional) Build with the given set of features if any.
          features: ${{ matrix.features || '' }}
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Example workflow: Cross-compilation

By default, this action uses cross for cross-compilation (if cross supports that target). In the following example, only aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu uses cross, the rest use cargo.

If cross is not installed, this action calls cargo install cross --locked to install cross. If you want to speed up the installation of cross or use an older version of cross, consider using install-action.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
            os: ubuntu-latest
          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            os: ubuntu-latest
          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
          # Universal macOS binary is supported as universal-apple-darwin.
          - target: universal-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          bin: ...
          # (optional) Target triple, default is host triple.
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

However, if the host has another cross-compilation setup, it will be respected. The following is an example using setup-cross-toolchain-action. In this example, this action uses cargo for all targets.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
            os: ubuntu-latest
          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
          - target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
            os: ubuntu-latest
          - target: x86_64-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install cross-compilation tools
        uses: taiki-e/setup-cross-toolchain-action@v1
        with:
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'ubuntu')
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          bin: ...
          # (optional) Target triple, default is host triple.
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

If the heuristic to detect host cross-compilation setups does not work well, or if you want to force the use of cargo or cross, you can use the build_tool input option.

name: Release

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional)
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required)
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        include:
          - target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
            os: ubuntu-latest
            build_tool: cross
          - target: aarch64-apple-darwin
            os: macos-latest
            build_tool: cargo
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - name: Install cross-compilation tools
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required)
          bin: ...
          # (optional) Target triple, default is host triple.
          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
          # (optional) Tool to build binaries (cargo, or cross)
          build_tool: ${{ matrix.build_tool }}
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

Example workflow: Include additional files

If you want include additional file to the archive, you can use the include option.

name: Release

permissions:
  contents: write

on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*

jobs:
  create-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/create-gh-release-action@v1
        with:
          # (optional) Path to changelog.
          changelog: CHANGELOG.md
          # (required) GitHub token for creating GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

  upload-assets:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
      - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
        with:
          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          bin: ...
          # (optional) Comma-separated list of additional files to be included to archive.
          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
          include: LICENSE,README.md
          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

By default, the expanded archive does not include the leading directory. In the above example, the directory structure of the archive would be as follows:

/<bin>
/LICENSE
/README.md

You can use the leading_dir option to create the leading directory.

- uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
  with:
    # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
    # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
    bin: ...
    # (optional) Comma-separated list of additional files to be included to archive.
    # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
    include: LICENSE,README.md
    # (optional) Whether to create the leading directory in the archive or not. default to false.
    leading_dir: true
    # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
    token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

In the above example, the directory structure of the archive would be as follows:

/<archive>/
/<archive>/<bin>
/<archive>/LICENSE
/<archive>/README.md

If you want upload additional file separately, you can use the asset option.

upload-assets:
  runs-on: ubuntu-latest
  steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
    - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
      with:
        # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
        # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
        bin: ...
        # (optional) Comma-separated list of additional files to be uploaded separately.
        # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
        asset: LICENSE,README.md
        # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
        token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

In the above example, the following 3 files will be uploaded:

<bin>-<target>.tar.gz
LICENSE
README.md

Other examples

Optimize Rust binary

You can optimize performance or size of Rust binaries by passing the profile options. The profile options can be specified by [profile] table in Cargo.toml, cargo config, environment variables, etc.

The followings are examples to specify profile options:

lto

With profile:

[profile.release]
lto = true

With environment variable:

env:
  CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: true

codegen-units

With profile:

[profile.release]
codegen-units = 1

With environment variable:

env:
  CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_CODEGEN_UNITS: 1

strip

With profile:
```
[profile.release]
strip = true
```

Note: Some of these options may increase the build time.

Supported events

The following two events are supported by default:

tags (on.push.tags)

For example:
```
on:
  push:
    tags:
      - v[0-9]+.*
```
GitHub release (on.release)

For example:
```
on:
  release:
    types: [created]
```

You can upload binaries from arbitrary event to arbitrary tag by specifying the ref input option.

For example, to upload binaries to the my_tag tag, specify ref input option as follows:

with:
  ref: refs/tags/my_tag

Compatibility

This action has been tested for GitHub-hosted runners (Ubuntu, macOS, Windows). To use this action in self-hosted runners or in containers, at least the following tools are required:

rustup, cargo, rustc
bash, GNU Coreutils, GNU grep, GNU tar
gh (GitHub CLI)
zip (only Unix-like)
7z (only Windows)

Related Projects

create-gh-release-action: GitHub Action for creating GitHub Releases based on changelog.
setup-cross-toolchain-action: GitHub Action for setup toolchains for cross compilation and cross testing for Rust.
install-action: GitHub Action for installing development tools.
cache-cargo-install-action: GitHub Action for cargo install with cache.

License

Licensed under either of Apache License, Version 2.0 or MIT license at your option.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

Required one of token input option or GITHUB_TOKEN environment variable. ↩

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upload-rust-binary-action

Usage

Inputs

Example workflow: Basic usage

Example workflow: Basic usage (multiple platforms)

Example workflow: Customize archive name

Example workflow: Build with different features on different platforms

Example workflow: Cross-compilation

Example workflow: Include additional files

Other examples

Optimize Rust binary

Supported events

Compatibility

Related Projects

License

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upload-rust-binary-action

Usage

Inputs

Example workflow: Basic usage

Example workflow: Basic usage (multiple platforms)

Example workflow: Customize archive name

Example workflow: Build with different features on different platforms

Example workflow: Cross-compilation

Example workflow: Include additional files

Other examples

Optimize Rust binary

Supported events

Compatibility

Related Projects

License

Footnotes

About

Languages