debianise

Builds deb package(s) from code in a github repository. The debian configuration directory is required, whether in the repository or in an external *.tar.gz file.

Usage

Minimal usage to build *.deb packages:

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: write
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      with:
        fetch-depth: '0'
    - id: debianise
      uses: twojstaryzdomu/debianise@HEAD

It is assumed here the checked out github repository is fully contained, including the debian build directory with the necessary build files. If it isn't, make sure to set additional_archive input parameter as the file path (not url) to an archive containing those.

The action provides convenience outputs that may be used as inputs to softprops/action-gh-release.

This is a minimal example making use of outputs to publish the *.deb files in a new release:

    - uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
      env:
        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      with:
        files: ${{ steps.debianise.outputs.files }}
        name: ${{ steps.debianise.outputs.release_name }}
        tag_name: ${{ steps.debianise.outputs.tag_name }}

Inputs

Most inputs are for convenience only and need not be set at all. The defaults are fine if the checked out repository is self-contained.

path

Path to the checked out sources to build. Not necessary if the checkout action is run without the path parameter. Unset by default.

install_build_depends

A boolean. if true, the packages listed under Build-Depends in debian/control will be installed. Defaults to true.

additional_build_depends

A list of packages to install before build. Unset by default.

additional_archive

Path to an additional *.tar.gz file to extract prior to build. Unset by default.

pre_build_cmds

Commands to run just before the build. Unset by default.

package

Package name to set as ${PACKAGE}. If unset, the last component of ${GITHUB_REPOSITORY} will be used.

version

Value to set as ${VERSION}. If unset, defaults to 0.0.

create_changelog

A boolean. Create changelog based on git commit entries. Defaults to true.

Note creating the changelog from scratch requires full git history, not a one commit clone that checkout@v2 does by default. To enable full git history for all branches, make sure to specify fetch-depth: 0:

- uses: actions/checkout@v2
  with:
    fetch-depth: '0'

If debian/changelog in the repository already contains all the remaining records but the most recent one, fetch-depth: 0 may be omitted.

release_name

Contains the name for the repository release page on github. Defaults to ${PACKAGE}_${DCH_VER}.

tag_name

Contains the tag name for the repository release page on github. Defaults to ${DCH_VER//\~/.} (${DCH_VER} replacing ~ for .).

debug

A boolean. Display executed commands as they are executed. Defaults to true.

Outputs

files

Output value that may be provided to the files input parameter of the softprops/action-gh-release action.

release_name

Output value that may be provided to the name input parameter of the softprops/action-gh-release action.

tag_name

Output value that may be provided to the tag_name input parameter of the softprops/action-gh-release action.

Examples

A working build process is implemented in the repo https://github.com/twojstaryzdomu/log2ram/.

The packages produced under Releases are being provisioned by this action on commit to the master branch.