build: make less, more resilient builds

and cross compile where possible

1 files changed, 47 insertions, 23 deletions

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 07820b2..2a5303a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,37 +19,61 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
   upload-assets:
+    needs: create-release
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        os:
-          - ubuntu-latest
-          - ubuntu-24.04
-          - ubuntu-22.04
-          - ubuntu-24.04-arm
-          - ubuntu-22.04-arm
-          - macos-latest
-          - macos-15
-          - macos-14
-          - macos-13
-          - windows-latest
-          - windows-2022
-          - windows-2019
+        include:
+          # NOTE: compatibility according to LLM model o3
+          # ---------- everything we can build on Linux ----------
+          # x86_64
+          # compatibility: Ubuntu 14.04+, Debian 8+, RHEL/CentOS 7+, Fedora 21+, openSUSE, Arch, etc. Any x86-64 distro with glibc ≥ 2.17. (Not Alpine)
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.2.17 # glibc ≥ 2.17
+            build-tool: cargo-zigbuild
+          # aarch64
+          # compatibility: Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+, Amazon Linux 2, AWS Graviton, Raspberry Pi OS 64-bit, etc. Any aarch64/arm64 distro with glibc ≥ 2.17.
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            target: aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.2.17
+            build-tool: cargo-zigbuild
+          # musl (Alpine etc.)
+          # compatibility: Alpine 3.12+, Distroless and scratch containers, and very old glibc systems. Fully static; no external libraries. Still needs a CA-certificate bundle (apk add ca-certificates on Alpine).
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            target: x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
+            build-tool: cargo-zigbuild
+          # windows - faster alternative to native windows toolchain
+          # compatibility: Windows 7 SP1 / Server 2008 R2 and newer, including Windows 11. Requires the “Universal C Runtime” which is already present on Windows 10+ or via the VC++ 2015-2022 redistributable on older systems. No other DLLs needed.
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+            build-tool: cargo-zigbuild
+          # ---------- macOS (needs real mac runner) -------------
+          # compatibility: macOS 10.13 High Sierra (2017) or newer. Intel + Apple Silicon.
+          - os: macos-14
+            target: universal-apple-darwin # universal = x86_64 + arm64
+            build-tool: cargo # native cargo is fastest
+          # ---------- native Windows toolchain ------------------
+          # switch to this if issues are reported with the zig build
+          # - os: windows-latest
+          #   target: x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
+          #   build-tool: cargo
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    env:
+      # make openssl + libgit2 static so the binaries work on old distros
+      OPENSSL_STATIC: 1
+      # enable Rust LTO + stripping (you can also move this into Cargo.toml)
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_LTO: true
+      CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_STRIP: symbols
+
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # (optional) cache build artefacts; speeds up repeated releases
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
       - uses: taiki-e/upload-rust-binary-action@v1
         with:
-          # (required) Comma-separated list of binary names (non-extension portion of filename) to build and upload.
-          # Note that glob pattern is not supported yet.
           bin: ngit,git-remote-nostr
-          archive: ngit-$tag-${{ matrix.os }}
-          # (optional) On which platform to distribute the `.tar.gz` file.
-          # [default value: unix]
-          # [possible values: all, unix, windows, none]
+          target: ${{ matrix.target }}
+          build-tool: ${{ matrix.build-tool }}
+          # final file name: ngit-v1.6.3-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz  …
+          archive: ngit-$tag-${{ matrix.target }}
           tar: unix
-          # (optional) On which platform to distribute the `.zip` file.
-          # [default value: windows]
-          # [possible values: all, unix, windows, none]
           zip: windows
-          # (required) GitHub token for uploading assets to GitHub Releases.
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}