U2204Py310final.yml

name: LinuxRelease

# Creates a Linux Installer using beeware-briefcase and github actions
# Generates .deb file and appimage for Python 3.10 using Ubuntu 22.04
# Author: Rahul Singh
# https://github.com/codecliff/PhotoGlimmer
# Runs manually, will prompt for release tag

on:
  #push:
  #  branches: [ master ] 
  #pull_request:
  #  branches: [ master ]
  workflow_dispatch:
      inputs: #when run, ask user to input release tag
        reltag:
          description: "tag for release, eg v1.0.0_linux"
          required: true
          default: "latest"       
          
permissions:      
    contents: write
    pull-requests: write
    repository-projects: write           
 
  

jobs:
  build-multi:
    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
    env:
      TAGNAME: ${{ inputs.reltag }}

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2 #1
      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3 #2
        with:
          python-version: '3.10.12'

      - name: install dependencies #3
        run: |
          sudo apt update
          sudo apt install -yq build-essential git pkg-config python3-dev python3-venv \
          libgirepository1.0-dev libcairo2-dev \
          gir1.2-webkit2-4.0 libcanberra-gtk3-module libgl1 libglib2.0-0
          python -m pip install briefcase        
      - name: Build linux arifacts #4
        run: |
          briefcase build
          briefcase package linux appimage   #this creates appimage file 
          briefcase package                  #this creates .deb file on ubuntu  

      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4 #5
        with:
          name: linuxartifacts 
          path: "./dist/"

      - uses: marvinpinto/action-automatic-releases@latest # {{xyz}}varaibles not available in uses
        with:
          repo_token: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"          
          automatic_release_tag: "${{ inputs.reltag }}" 
          prerelease: false
          title: "Build ${{ github.event.inputs.reltag }}" #same as inputs.reltag 
          files: |            
            ./dist/*.AppImage
            ./dist/*.deb