The continuous integration pipeline is significantly enhanced to fully automate the process of building, packaging, and publishing Gitty as an Arch Linux repository. A new dedicated workflow job handles version setting, dependency resolution, and package creation using makepkg within a Docker container environment. This ensures that every release is properly packaged and uploaded to the configured MinIO/S3 location for system-wide distribution.
- Added `publish-arch` job to CI pipeline
- Implemented repository management logic in arch_repo.py
- Updated PKGBUILD with necessary desktop dependencies
This update introduces a new mechanism for handling multiple publish
targets when uploading artifacts. It refines the configuration by
parsing legacy targets from environment variables and allows for
dynamic bucket and directory management during the publishing process.
- Added support for multiple publish targets from environment variables
- Refactored artifact upload logic to improve maintainability
- Updated tauri configuration to include new endpoint for latest.json
The application has been rebranded from GitLite to Gitty, which involved
updating various references across the codebase, including titles,
descriptions, and identifiers. This change reflects the new branding
strategy and ensures consistency in the user interface and backend.
- Updated project name and identifiers in configuration files
- Changed all instances of "GitLite" to "Gitty" in HTML and Svelte files
- Adjusted descriptions and help texts to match the new branding
Artifact collection previously grabbed every file under each bundle
directory, which could include unrelated or intermediate outputs. This
updates the logic to only include files with the expected extensions
for each artifact type, improving accuracy and reducing noise.
- Use a per-bundle suffix map to filter collected artifacts
- Switch to non-recursive directory iteration for bundle roots
The CI workflow now builds a single bundle per run, adds Linux
AppImage output, and updates the Tauri version using a Node script.
The publishing tool is extended to recognize Linux artifacts,
select a primary artifact based on the target platform, and merge
platform entries into an existing latest.json when present.
- Limit matrix parallelism and pass bundle targets to Tauri
- Update updater platform handling and latest.json merging
- Add Linux Tauri config for AppImage bundling
S3 and MinIO bucket naming conventions require names to be lowercase. This change ensures that the bucket name derived from the `S3_BUCKET` environment variable (or default) is always converted to lowercase, preventing potential configuration errors.
The Tauri updater requires anonymous read access to fetch application artifacts. This change ensures that the S3 bucket used for storing these artifacts always has a public read policy applied, both upon initial creation and during subsequent checks.
The `cicd_tool` resides directly within the `GitLite` repository. The previous path calculation redundantly appended "GitLite", resulting in an incorrect project root. This change correctly identifies the parent directory as the repository root and removes the unused `REPO_ROOT` variable.
This change introduces a comprehensive auto-update mechanism for the application and significant improvements to the integrated Git client experience.
Key features include:
- **Automated Release Workflow:** A new Gitea Actions workflow (`app_builder.yaml`) and a Python `cicd_tool` are added to automatically build, sign, and upload release artifacts to S3-compatible storage (MinIO) upon a new release. This also generates the `latest.json` file required by the updater.
- **Tauri Updater Integration:** The `tauri-plugin-updater` is integrated into the application, enabling it to check for and apply updates seamlessly.
- **Robust Git Push Handling:** The application now intelligently handles non-fast-forward push failures by prompting the user to perform a pull/merge operation before re-attempting the push.
- **Enhanced File Comparison:** A new `compare_file_to_parent` command is introduced, allowing detailed file diffs against a commit's direct parent, including the "empty tree" for initial commits.
- **Explorer Panel Improvements:** "Expand All" and "Collapse All" functionality is added to the file explorer for better navigation.
Christoph Brandau
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