Compress binaries after building them (#81)
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konrad 2019-06-22 22:07:58 +00:00 committed by Gitea
parent 16825ba7c6
commit 9930f98f8e
3 changed files with 41 additions and 6 deletions

@ -186,13 +186,21 @@ steps:
- make release-darwin
depends_on: [ before-static-build ]
- name: after-build-static
image: techknowlogick/xgo:latest
- name: after-build-compress
image: kolaente/upx
pull: true
depends_on:
- static-build-windows
- static-build-linux
- static-build-darwin
commands:
- make release-compress
- name: after-build-static
image: techknowlogick/xgo:latest
pull: true
depends_on:
- after-build-compress
commands:
- make release-copy
- make release-check
@ -383,13 +391,21 @@ steps:
- make release-darwin
depends_on: [ before-static-build ]
- name: after-build-static
image: techknowlogick/xgo:latest
- name: after-build-compress
image: kolaente/upx
pull: true
depends_on:
- static-build-windows
- static-build-linux
- static-build-darwin
commands:
- make release-compress
- name: after-build-static
image: techknowlogick/xgo:latest
pull: true
depends_on:
- after-build-compress
commands:
- make release-copy
- make release-check

@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ build: $(EXECUTABLE)
$(EXECUTABLE): $(SOURCES)
go build $(GOFLAGS) $(EXTRA_GOFLAGS) -tags '$(TAGS)' -ldflags '-s -w $(LDFLAGS)' -o $@
.PHONY: compress-build
compress-build:
upx -9 $(EXECUTABLE)
.PHONY: release
release: release-dirs release-windows release-linux release-darwin release-copy release-check release-os-package release-zip
@ -135,6 +139,11 @@ ifneq ($(DRONE_WORKSPACE),'')
mv /build/* $(DIST)/binaries
endif
# Compresses all releases made by make release-* but not mips* releases since upx can't handle these.
.PHONY: release-compress
release-compress:
$(foreach file,$(filter-out $(wildcard $(wildcard $(DIST)/binaries/$(EXECUTABLE)-*mips*)),$(wildcard $(DIST)/binaries/$(EXECUTABLE)-*)), upx -9 $(file);)
.PHONY: release-copy
release-copy:
$(foreach file,$(wildcard $(DIST)/binaries/$(EXECUTABLE)-*),cp $(file) $(DIST)/release/$(notdir $(file));)

@ -64,10 +64,19 @@ make build
Builds a `vikunja`-binary in the root directory of the repo for the platform it is run on.
### Compress the built binary
{{< highlight bash >}}
make compress-build
{{< /highlight >}}
Go binaries are very big.
To make the vikunja binary smaller, we can compress it using [upx](https://upx.github.io/).
### Build Releases
{{< highlight bash >}}
make build
make release
{{< /highlight >}}
Builds binaries for all platforms and zips them with a copy of the `templates/` folder.
@ -75,7 +84,7 @@ All built zip files are stored into `dist/zips/`. Binaries are stored in `dist/b
binaries bundled with `templates` are stored in `dist/releases/`.
All cross-platform binaries built using this series of commands are built with the help of
[xgo](https://github.com/karalabe/xgo). The make command will automatically install the
[xgo](https://github.com/techknowlogick/xgo). The make command will automatically install the
binary to be able to use it.
`make release` is actually just a shortcut to execute `make release-dirs release-windows release-linux release-darwin release-copy release-check release-os-package release-zip`.
@ -85,6 +94,7 @@ binary to be able to use it.
* `release-copy` bundles binaries with a copy of `templates/` to then be zipped
* `release-check` creates sha256 checksums for each binary which will be included in the zip file
* `release-os-package` bundles a binary with a copy of the `templates/` folder, the `sha256` checksum file, a sample `config.yml` and a copy of the license in a folder for each architecture
* `release-compress` compresses all build binaries, see `compress-build`
* `release-zip` makes a zip file for the files created by `release-os-package`
### Build debian packages