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Improve static build size #151

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CI: Strip static binaries
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13 changes: 12 additions & 1 deletion .github/workflows/build.yml
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Expand Up @@ -177,6 +177,7 @@ jobs:
static-compat-qt6-svg
static-compat-qt6-tools
static-compat-qt6-websockets
upx
)
pacman -Syu --noconfirm "${PACKAGES[@]}"

Expand All @@ -197,6 +198,7 @@ jobs:
mingw-w64-x86_64-qt6-static
mingw-w64-x86_64-toolchain
mingw-w64-x86_64-vulkan-headers
upx

# This plugin doesn't work well with static linking. libtiff.a does not properly bring its static dependencies.
- name: Remove QTiffPlugin (Windows)
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-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF
-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
-DCMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION=ON
-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LAUNCHER=ccache
-DSHVSPY_WITH_WERROR=ON
-DCMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_harfbuzz=ON
"${EXTRA_FLAGS[@]}"
)

${{ matrix.cmake_cmd }} -S "$WORKSPACE" -B "$WORKSPACE/build" "${CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
'${{ matrix.cmake_cmd }}' -S "$WORKSPACE" -B "$WORKSPACE/build" "${CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
SHVSPY_HASH="$(head -c 7 <<< '${{env.HASH_FOR_FILENAMES}}')"
cmake --build "$WORKSPACE/build"
NEW_FILENAME="shvspy-static-$SHVSPY_HASH${{matrix.artifact_ext}}"
mv "$WORKSPACE/build/shvspy/shvspy${{ matrix.artifact_ext }}" "$NEW_FILENAME"
echo "new-filename=$NEW_FILENAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
strip "$NEW_FILENAME"
UPX_ARGS=()
# Only use best for the master releases, as it takes quite a while (especially on Windows).
if [[ '${{github.ref}}' = 'refs/heads/master' ]]; then
UPX_ARGS+=(--best)
echo Enabling UPX --best compression.
fi
upx "${UPX_ARGS[@]}" "$NEW_FILENAME"

- name: Upload artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
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2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion shvspy/src/appversion.h
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#pragma once

#define APP_VERSION "1.13.42"
#define APP_VERSION "1.13.43"