Use freecad github workflow to build windows binary

.github/workflows/CI_main.yml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2023 0penBrain.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it    *
+# *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as           *
+# *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the  *
+# *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but        *
+# *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU      *
+# *   Lesser General Public License for more details.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public      *
+# *   License along with FreeCAD. If not, see                               *
+# *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                      *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+# This is the master workflow for CI of I-SIMPA.
+# It (only) aims at properly organizing the sub-workflows.
+
+name: I-SIMPA master CI
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch, push, pull_request]
+
+concurrency:
+  group: IS-CI-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+
+  Prepare:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/sub_prepare.yml
+    with:
+      artifactBasename: Prepare-${{ github.run_id }}
+
+  Linux:
+    needs: [Prepare]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/sub_buildLinux.yml
+    with:
+      artifactBasename: Linux-${{ github.run_id }}
+
+  Windows:
+    needs: [Prepare]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/sub_buildWindows.yml
+    with:
+      artifactBasename: Windows-${{ github.run_id }}
+
+  WrapUp:
+    needs: [
+        Prepare,
+        Linux,
+        Windows
+      ]
+    if: always()
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/sub_wrapup.yml
+    with:
+      previousSteps: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}

.github/workflows/actions/windows/getCcache/action.yml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2023 0penBrain.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it    *
+# *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as           *
+# *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the  *
+# *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but        *
+# *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU      *
+# *   Lesser General Public License for more details.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public      *
+# *   License along with FreeCAD. If not, see                               *
+# *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                      *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+# This action aims at speeding up CI and reduce dependency to external resources
+# by creating a cache of Ccache needed binaries then using it for CI runs rather
+# than downloading every time.
+#
+# If it needs to be updated to another version, the process it to change
+# 'downloadpath' and 'version' inputs below then delete the existing cache
+# from Github interface so a new one is generated using new values.
+
+name: getCcache
+description: "Windows: tries to get a cached version of Ccache and create one if fails"
+
+inputs:
+  ccachebindir:
+    description: "Directory where ccache binaries shall be stored"
+    required: true
+# Below inputs shall generally not be provided as they won't be used if a cached version exists
+# They are mainly used because Github do not support adding env variables in a composite action
+  ccachedownloadpath:
+    description: "Path where to download ccache"
+    required: false
+    default: https://github.com/ccache/ccache/releases/download/v4.9/
+  ccacheversion:
+    description: "Ccache version to be downloaded"
+    required: false
+    default: ccache-4.9-windows-x86_64
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Create destination directory
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ${{ inputs.ccachebindir }}
+    - name: Get cached version
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+      id: getCached
+      with:
+        path: ${{ inputs.ccachebindir }}
+        key: ccacheforwin-${{ inputs.ccacheversion }}
+    - name: Download ccache
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.getCached.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        curl -L -o ccache.zip ${{ inputs.ccachedownloadpath }}${{ inputs.ccacheversion }}.zip
+        7z x ccache.zip -o"ccachetemp" -r -y
+        cp -a ccachetemp/${{ inputs.ccacheversion }}/ccache.exe ${{ inputs.ccachebindir }}
+        cp -a ccachetemp/${{ inputs.ccacheversion }}/ccache.exe ${{ inputs.ccachebindir }}/cl.exe
+        rm ccache.zip
+        rm -rf ccachetemp
+    - name: Save version to cache
+      if: steps.getCached.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{ inputs.ccachebindir }}
+        key: ${{ steps.getCached.outputs.cache-primary-key }}

.github/workflows/actions/windows/getLibpack/action.yml

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+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
+# ***************************************************************************
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   Copyright (c) 2023 0penBrain.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This file is part of FreeCAD.                                         *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it    *
+# *   under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as           *
+# *   published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 2.1 of the  *
+# *   License, or (at your option) any later version.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   FreeCAD is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but        *
+# *   WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of            *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU      *
+# *   Lesser General Public License for more details.                       *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public      *
+# *   License along with FreeCAD. If not, see                               *
+# *   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.                                      *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+# This action aims at speeding up CI and reduce dependency to external resources
+# by creating a cache of Libpack needed files then using it for CI runs rather
+# than downloading every time.
+#
+# If it needs to be updated to another version, the process it to change
+# 'downloadpath' and 'version' inputs below then delete the existing cache
+# from Github interface so a new one is generated using new values.
+
+name: getLibpack
+description: "Windows: tries to get a cached version of Libpack and create one if fails"
+
+inputs:
+  libpackdir:
+    description: "Directory where libpack files shall be stored"
+    required: true
+# Below inputs shall generally not be provided as they won't be used if a cached version exists
+# They are mainly used because Github do not support adding env variables in a composite action
+  libpackdownloadurl:
+    description: "URL where to download libpack"
+    required: false
+    default: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-LibPack/releases/download/3.0.0RC4/LibPack-1.0.0-v3.0.0RC4-Release.7z
+  libpackname:
+    description: "Libpack name (once downloaded)"
+    required: false
+    default: LibPack-1.0.0-v3.0.0RC4-Release
+
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Create destination directory
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p ${{ inputs.libpackdir }}
+    - name: Get cached version
+      uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+      id: getCached
+      with:
+        path: ${{ inputs.libpackdir }}
+        key: libpackforwin-${{ inputs.libpackname }}
+    - name: Download libpack
+      shell: bash
+      if: steps.getCached.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: |
+        curl -L -o libpack.7z ${{ inputs.libpackdownloadurl }}
+        7z x libpack.7z -o"libpacktemp" -r -y
+        mv libpacktemp/${{ inputs.libpackname }}/* ${{ inputs.libpackdir }}
+        rm -rf libpacktemp
+    - name: Save version to cache
+      if: steps.getCached.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      uses: actions/cache/save@v4
+      with:
+        path: ${{ inputs.libpackdir }}
+        key: ${{ steps.getCached.outputs.cache-primary-key }}

.github/workflows/cmake.yml → .github/workflows/sub_buildLinux.yml

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-name: CMake
+name: Build linux
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      artifactBasename:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      allowedToFail:
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+    outputs:
+      reportFile:
+        value: ${{ jobs.Build.outputs.reportFile }}
 
-on: [workflow_dispatch, push, pull_request]
 
 
 concurrency:

.github/workflows/sub_buildWindows.yml

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+# ***************************************************************************
+# *   Copyright (c) 2023 0penBrain                               *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify  *
+# *   it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL)    *
+# *   as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of     *
+# *   the License, or (at your option) any later version.                   *
+# *   for detail see the LICENCE text file.                                 *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,       *
+# *   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of        *
+# *   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the         *
+# *   GNU Library General Public License for more details.                  *
+# *                                                                         *
+# *   You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public     *
+# *   License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software   *
+# *   Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  *
+# *   USA                                                                   *
+# *                                                                         *
+# ***************************************************************************
+
+# This is a build and test workflow for CI of I-SIMPA.
+# This workflow aims at building and testing I-SIMPA on Windows using MSVC.
+
+name: Build Windows
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      artifactBasename:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      allowedToFail:
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+    outputs:
+      reportFile:
+        value: ${{ jobs.Build.outputs.reportFile }}
+
+jobs:
+  Build:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    continue-on-error: ${{ inputs.allowedToFail }}
+    env:
+      CCACHE_DIR: C:/ISIMPA/cache/
+      CCACHE_COMPILERCHECK: "%compiler%" # default:mtime
+      CCACHE_MAXSIZE: 1G
+      CCACHE_COMPRESS: true
+      CCACHE_COMPRESSLEVEL: 1
+      CCACHE_NOHASHDIR: true
+      CCACHE_DIRECT: true
+      #CCACHE_SLOPPINESS: "pch_defines,time_macros" # Can't get PCH to work on Windows
+      CCACHE_LOGFILE: C:/logs/ccache.log
+      ## Have to use C:\ because not enough space on workspace drive
+      builddir: C:/ISIMPA/build/release/
+      libpackdir: C:/ISIMPA/libpack/
+      ccachebindir: C:/ISIMPA/ccache/
+      logdir: C:/logs/
+      reportdir: C:/report/
+      reportfilename: ${{ inputs.artifactBasename }}-report.md
+    outputs:
+      reportFile: ${{ steps.Init.outputs.reportFile }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checking out source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true
+      - name: Make needed directories, files and initializations
+        id: Init
+        run: |
+          mkdir ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+          mkdir ${{ env.ccachebindir }}
+          mkdir ${{ env.libpackdir }}
+          mkdir ${{ env.builddir }}
+          mkdir ${{ env.logdir }}
+          mkdir ${{ env.reportdir }}
+          echo "reportFile=${{ env.reportfilename }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Get Ccache
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/windows/getCcache
+        with:
+          ccachebindir: ${{ env.ccachebindir }}
+      - name: Get Libpack
+        uses: ./.github/workflows/actions/windows/getLibpack
+        with:
+          libpackdir: ${{ env.libpackdir }}
+      - name: Restore compiler cache
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          save-always: true
+          path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
+          key: ISIMPA-Windows-${{ github.ref }}-${{ github.run_id }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ISIMPA-Windows-${{ github.ref }}-
+            ISIMPA-Windows-
+      - name: Print Ccache statistics before build, reset stats and print config
+        run: |
+          . $env:ccachebindir\ccache -s
+          . $env:ccachebindir\ccache -z
+          . $env:ccachebindir\ccache -p
+      - name: Configuring CMake
+        run: >
+          cmake -B"${{ env.builddir }}" .
+          --preset release
+          -DCMAKE_VS_NO_COMPILE_BATCHING=ON
+          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+          -DISIMPA_LIBPACK_DIR="${{ env.libpackdir }}"
+      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+      - name: Compiling sources
+        run: |
+          cd $env:builddir
+          msbuild ALL_BUILD.vcxproj /m /p:Configuration=Release /p:TrackFileAccess=false /p:CLToolPath=${{ env.ccachebindir }}
+      - name: Print Ccache statistics after build
+        run: |
+          . $env:ccachebindir\ccache -s
+      - name: Upload logs
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.artifactBasename }}-Logs
+          path: |
+            ${{ env.logdir }}