linux.yml

name: Build and Release Linux Executable

on:
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      release_tag:
        description: 'Release tag name'
        required: true

jobs:
  build-and-release:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Set up Python
        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
        with:
          python-version: 3.9

      - name: Install PyInstaller
        run: python -m pip install pyinstaller

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: pip install -r requirements.txt

      - name: Build executable
        run: |
          find . -name "*.json" -type f -delete # delete all json files which aren't required.
          pyinstaller --onefile --add-data 'csab:csab' --add-data 'josaa:josaa' --exclude-module _tkinter tool.py
          mv dist/tool jcounsellor
          chmod +x jcounsellor

      - name: Create release
        uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest
        with:
          repo_token: ${{ secrets.TOKEN }}
          automatic_release_tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
          prerelease: false
          title: JEECounsellor (Linux) - ${{ github.event.inputs.release_tag }}
          files: |
            jcounsellor