Enhance GitHub Actions workflow with platform-specific settings and i…

…nstall nodes for macOS and Ubuntu

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -6,45 +6,55 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   publish-tauri:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        platform: [macos-latest, ubuntu-latest, windows-latest]
+        include:
+          - platform: 'macos-latest' # for Arm based macs (M1 and above).
+            args: '--target aarch64-apple-darwin'
+          - platform: 'macos-latest' # for Intel based macs.
+            args: '--target x86_64-apple-darwin'
+          - platform: 'ubuntu-22.04'
+            args: ''
+          - platform: 'windows-latest'
+            args: ''
 
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - name: install Rust stable
-        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          toolchain: stable
-
-      - name: Rust cache
-        uses: swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: setup node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          workspaces: './src-tauri -> target'
+          node-version: lts/*
+          cache: 'pnpm'
 
-      - name: Sync node version and setup cache
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      - name: install Rust stable
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain@stable
         with:
-          node-version: 'lts/*'
+          # Those targets are only used on macos runners so it's in an `if` to slightly speed up windows and linux builds.
+          targets: ${{ matrix.platform == 'macos-latest' && 'aarch64-apple-darwin,x86_64-apple-darwin' || '' }}
 
-      - name: install webkit2gtk (ubuntu only)
-        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-latest'
+      - name: install dependencies (ubuntu only)
+        if: matrix.platform == 'ubuntu-22.04'
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y webkit2gtk-4.0
+          sudo apt-get install -y libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev patchelf
+        # webkitgtk 4.0 is for Tauri v1 - webkitgtk 4.1 is for Tauri v2.
+        # You can remove the one that doesn't apply to your app to speed up the workflow a bit.
 
-      - name: Install app dependencies and build web
-        run: yarn
+      - name: install frontend dependencies
+        run: pnpm install # change this to npm, pnpm or bun depending on which one you use.
 
       - uses: tauri-apps/tauri-action@v0
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          tagName: app-v__VERSION__ # the action automatically replaces \_\_VERSION\_\_ with the app version
+          tagName: app-v__VERSION__ # the action automatically replaces \_\_VERSION\_\_ with the app version.
           releaseName: 'App v__VERSION__'
           releaseBody: 'See the assets to download this version and install.'
           releaseDraft: true
-          prerelease: false
+          prerelease: false
+          args: ${{ matrix.args }}