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ci: integrate UPX compression and link-time optimizations for smaller MSI #48

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ci: integrate UPX compression and optimized RUSTFLAGS in release work…
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10 changes: 8 additions & 2 deletions .github/workflows/release.yml
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Expand Up @@ -30,14 +30,20 @@ jobs:
wix extension add -g WixToolset.UI.wixext
wix extension add -g WixToolset.Util.wixext

- name: Install UPX
run: choco install upx --no-progress

- name: Build Optimized Binary
run: |
$env:RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=/OPT:REF -C link-arg=/OPT:ICF"
$env:RUSTFLAGS="-C link-arg=/OPT:REF -C link-arg=/OPT:ICF -C link-arg=/INCREMENTAL:NO"
cargo build --release

- name: Compress Binary with UPX
run: upx --best --lzma target\release\pausecat.exe

- name: Build MSI Installer
run: |
wix build wix/main.wxs -ext WixToolset.UI.wixext -ext WixToolset.Util.wixext -o target/release/PauseCat_Installer.msi
wix build wix\main.wxs -ext WixToolset.UI.wixext -ext WixToolset.Util.wixext -o target\release\PauseCat_Installer.msi

- name: Upload Release Artifacts
uses: softprops/action-gh-release@c062e08bd532815e2082a85e87e3ef29c3e6d191
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