build.yaml

name: Publish Nightly Release on Commit

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main  # Trigger on pushes to main branch

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      # Step 1: Checkout the code
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      # Step 2: Set up .NET
      - name: Set up .NET
        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
        with:
          dotnet-version: '6.0.x'  # Specify your .NET version

      # Step 3: Restore dependencies
      - name: Restore dependencies
        run: dotnet restore

      # Step 4: Publish the project
      - name: Publish the application
        run: dotnet publish -c Release -r win-x64 -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:PublishTrimmed=true -o ./publish

      # Step 5: Zip the publish folder
      - name: Zip the publish folder
        run: zip -r ./publish/published_app.zip ./publish

      # Step 6: Create a nightly release
      - name: Create GitHub Release
        id: create_release
        uses: actions/create-release@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          tag_name: "nightly"  # Static tag name for nightly builds
          release_name: "nightly-${{ github.run_number }}"  # Unique name for each run
          draft: false
          prerelease: true  # Mark as prerelease if you want to differentiate

      # Step 7: Upload published files to release
      - name: Upload .NET Publish Artifacts
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
          asset_path: ./publish/published_app.zip
          asset_name: win64.zip
          asset_content_type: application/zip