GitHub Actions for C++ Projects: CI/CD Pipeline
DevOpsC++
Automate your C++ builds, tests, and releases with GitHub Actions.
Basic Workflow
# .github/workflows/build.yml
name: Build and Test
on:
push:
branches: [ main ]
pull_request:
branches: [ main ]
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Install dependencies
run: |
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y cmake g++ libboost-all-dev
- name: Configure
run: cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
- name: Build
run: cmake --build build
- name: Test
run: cd build && ctest --output-on-failure
Multi-Platform Build
jobs:
build:
strategy:
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
compiler: [gcc, clang, msvc]
exclude:
- os: windows-latest
compiler: gcc
- os: ubuntu-latest
compiler: msvc
runs-on: $
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Build
run: |
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$
cmake --build build
Caching Dependencies
- name: Cache dependencies
uses: actions/cache@v3
with:
path: |
~/.conan
build/_deps
key: $-deps-$
Code Coverage
- name: Coverage
run: |
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DENABLE_COVERAGE=ON
cmake --build build
cd build && ctest
lcov --capture --directory . --output-file coverage.info
- name: Upload to Codecov
uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
with:
files: build/coverage.info
Release Automation
on:
push:
tags:
- 'v*'
jobs:
release:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v3
- name: Build Release
run: |
cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build
cpack --config build/CPackConfig.cmake
- name: Create Release
uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
with:
files: build/*.tar.gz
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