build-and-upload.yml

name: Build and Upload Artifact
on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
      - release

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: windows-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Setup .NET SDK
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
        with:
          dotnet-version: '8.0.x' #this app uses 4.8, but newer versions should be backwards compatible

      # dotnet 4.8 isn't available for github actions, so have to do workaround
      - name: Build C# project
        run: dotnet build --configuration Release
       
      #- name: Build project
        #run: msbuild Windsong_Lyre.sln /p:Configuration=Release

      - name: Create artifact
      # the "bin/Release/" refers to where our C# app builds its binaries once we've compiled/built. We need to copy from here to a location on github
      # the Action will build the app and deploy it to this same location - so we're indeed using the file we built above - it's just a bit weird because it checks our config to figure out where to place/fetch the file
        run: |
          mkdir -p artifacts
          cp -r Windsong_Lyre/bin/Release/* artifacts/ 

      - name: Upload artifact
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: automated-windsong-lyre
          path: artifacts/