nxxm.io - cpp-gh-action

nxxm.io allows to compile C & C++ software for any platform automatically providing the fitting build environment and software dependencies.

This action will allow you to compile C++ code for any nxxm supported platform.

Usage

Create a .yml file under .github/workflows with the following contents

Example

A full example of a C & C++ program compiled with the nxxm/cpp-gh-action can be found here.

How to use the action

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ main ]
jobs:
  build:
    name: ci
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: nxxm_CI 
        uses: nxxm/nxxm_ci_docker@master
    
        

Configuration to check if your code compiles and downloads the build folder

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]
jobs:
  build:
    name: nxxm_CI
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: nxxm_CI 
        uses: nxxm/nxxm_ci_docker@master
      - name: Upload the build directory
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: my_build
          path: build/    

Configuration to check if your code compiles and downloads the build folder with option

name: CI
on:
  push:
    branches: [ master ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ master ]
jobs:
  build:
    name: nxxm_CI_input
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: nxxm_CI 
        uses: nxxm/nxxm_ci_docker@master
        with: 
          target: ""
          dir: ""
          exclude: ""
          config: ""
          jobs: ""
          use_cmakelists: ""
          test: ""
          exclude_test: ""          
          extra_args: ""
      - name: Upload the build directory
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
        with:
          name: my_build
          path: build/
    env:
        NXXM_AUTH: ${{ secrets.NXXM_AUTH }}

Input options

target : Choice of the compilation target. For linux : gcc-7-cxx17 For webassembly : wasm-cxx17 In default nxxm choose wasm-cxx17

dir : Base dir is filled by GitHub and contains all your pull request or push directory. but if you just want to compile a specific folder you can fill in the path to it, for e.g ./src/banana.

exclude : Directories within project dir to exclude from source analysis Repeat to exclude multiple dirs e.g. benchmark/ test/

config : Build type, defaults to optimized MinSizeRel build.But you can have MinSizeRel or Release or RelWithDebInfo or Debug

jobs : How many CPU cores have to be dedicated to the build. example: 3

use_cmakelists : true : Don't build by convention, use CMakeLists.txt at toplevel.

test : Whether to run the tests built ( i.e. .cpp files found in test[s]/ or example[s]/ folder) all runs the full test suite, example/mytest runs mytest.

exclude_test : regular expression to match test to exclude. When --test=all is passed, this allows excluding a test or more. for example : mytest

etra_args : You can enter all the other options of nxxm :

• -s, --sources <"dir/"> : Directorie(s) containing the libs sources and headers. Defaults to project root. Repeat to add many dirs e.g. -s include -s src

• -o, --only : Only builds the given executable.

• -n, --no-refresh : If the dependencies were already fetched once no online access is performed. Note: tags are only accessed once, and kept in local cache.

• -D <YOUR_DEFINE[=value]> : (Pass any defines to your code, e.g. : * -DBOOST_MPL_CFG_NO_PREPROCESSED_HEADERS * -DBOOST_MPL_LIMIT_VECTOR_SIZE=50 * -DMYSTR=""text"" \n

• --dont-check-cli-arg : If you don't want to check if your options are okay

• -?, -h, --help : Options, arguments

• -v, --verbose : Display usage information. Be verbose and prints everything the companion knows.