create-release.yml

# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions

name: Create release

# Controls when the action will run. 
on:
  # Triggers the workflow on push events but only for the master branch and tag pushes
  push:
    tags: 'v*'

# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
jobs:
  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
  build:
    strategy:
      matrix:
        # only ubuntu for now, because we only support compiling to ELF files
        os: [ubuntu-latest]
    # The type of runner that the job will run on
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    
    name: Build and release nsc

    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
    steps:
      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
      - uses: actions/checkout@v2

      - name: Install Stack
        run: stack --version
          
      - name: Install GHC
        run: stack setup --install-ghc

      - name: Install required tools
        run: | 
          echo "::group::C2HS"
          stack install c2hs
          echo "PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
          echo "::end-group::"
          
          echo "::group::glibc v2.31"
          sudo apt-get install libc-dev
          echo "::end-group::"
          
      - name: Build Haskell dependencies
        run: stack build --test --no-run-tests --only-dependencies --no-terminal
      
      - name: Build NSC
        id: build-nsc
        run: stack build --test --no-run-tests --ghc-options=-fforce-recomp --ghc-options=-split-sections --ghc-options=-fdiagnostics-color=always
          # --ghc-options=-fdefer-diagnostics
          
      - name: Run tests
        run: stack test
        
      - name: Install NSC
        run: stack install
      
      - name: Get pushed tag
        id: release-tag
        run: echo ::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}

      - name: Create release
        id: create-release
        uses: avakar/tag-and-release@v1
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.release-tag.outputs.tag }}
          release_name: <<Edit title>>
          body: <<Edit body>>
          prerelease: false
          draft: true
        env: 
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        
      - name: Get local bin path
        id: local-bin-path
        run: | 
          echo ::set-output name=path::$(stack path | awk -F': ' '$1 == "local-bin" { print $2 }')
        
      - name: Upload executable file
        id: upload-release-asset 
        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          upload_url: ${{ steps.create-release.outputs.upload_url }} 
          asset_path: ${{ steps.local-bin-path.outputs.path }}/nsc
          asset_name: nsc-ubuntu
          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream