Including icons for windows builds

[jftuga]

I want to build Windows binaries that include an icon.

This is what my file tree looks like. It contains 3 separate binaries:

├───cmd
│   ├───a
│   ├───b
│   ├───c

I first run these commands, which I have also added to my before hooks in my .goreleaser.yml file:

go get github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo
go generate ./...

When running go generate ./..., it will creates a new file in each subdirectory called: resource_windows_amd64.syso.

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In each subdirectory, I have one file called main.go and one file called versioninfo.json.

The json file simply includes the IconPath to my .ico file, which is needed by the goversioninfo program:

{
    "IconPath": "cmd\\a\\a.ico"
}

go build knows about this file because the first line of main.go is:

//go:generate goversioninfo -icon=a.ico -platform-specific=true

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If I were to run the following commands by hand, I would successfully build an exe file that includes the icon:

go generate ./...
cd cmd\a
: (the resource_windows_amd64.syso is in this directory along with main.go)
go build

If I then browse to this folder in the Windows File Explorer, I will see that a.exe is using a.ico as its icon.

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I am trying to get this working in my .goreleaser.yml file, but the binaries under the dist folder do not include the icon.

  project_name: my_project
  before:
    hooks:
      - go get github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo
      - go generate ./..
  builds:
    - main: ./cmd/a/main.go
      id: "a"
      binary: a
      goos:
        - linux
        - darwin
        - windows
      goarch:
        - amd64
        - arm
      goarm:
        - 7

The .syso file is safely ignored for other OSs and architectures by go build.

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When running:

goreleaser build --rm-dist --snapshot

the resource_windows_amd64.syso file is successfully created in the cmd\a folder, but not used for the final .exe creation.

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What do I need to change in my .goreleaser.yml to get this working such that the windows binaries will contain their associated icon?

Thanks.

[jftuga]

I just figured this out.

This is what I changed in my .goreleaser.yml file:

  builds:
    - main: .
      id: "a"
      binary: a
      dir: ./cmd/a

Are there any problems with this type of configuration?

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In case anyone else is interested, here is my working .goreleaser.yml file:

https://github.com/jftuga/sqs_clipboard/blob/main/.goreleaser.yml