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fix: build static binaries in release workflow (fixes #104) #154

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19 changes: 17 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ jobs:
-X 'github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli/cmd.Description=A CLI tool for version management' \
-X 'github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli/cmd.Author=the VERS team' \
-X 'github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli/cmd.Repository=https://github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli' \
-X 'github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli/cmd.License=MIT'"
-X 'github.com/hdresearch/vers-cli/cmd.License=MIT' \
-extldflags '-static'"

GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
CGO_ENABLED=0 GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.arch }} \
go build -ldflags "$LDFLAGS" -o ${{ matrix.artifact_name }} ./cmd/vers

- name: Generate checksums
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echo -e "\nTesting metadata command:"
./vers-linux-amd64 --VVersion || echo "Metadata command test completed"

- name: Verify static linking
run: |
echo "Checking binary is statically linked:"
if ldd ./vers-linux-amd64 2>&1 | grep -q "not a dynamic executable"; then
echo "✅ Binary is statically linked"
elif file ./vers-linux-amd64 | grep -q "statically linked"; then
echo "✅ Binary is statically linked"
else
echo "❌ Binary appears to be dynamically linked:"
ldd ./vers-linux-amd64 || true
file ./vers-linux-amd64
exit 1
fi

# homebrew:
# name: Update Homebrew Tap
# needs: release
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