ClassicAPI/.github/workflows/build.yml

name: Build

on:
  push:
    branches: ['**']
    tags: ['v*']
  # Manual escape hatch (e.g. when push webhooks are throttled during a
  # GitHub Actions incident). Run from the Actions UI:
  #   - select a `vX.Y.Z` tag ref  -> release build of that tag, OR
  #   - run from a branch and pass `tag: vX.Y.Z` -> release build that
  #     creates/attaches the release to that tag.
  # Leave `tag` blank on a branch run for a plain dev build (artifact).
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      tag:
        description: 'Release tag to build (e.g. v2.0.0). Blank = dev build.'
        required: false
        default: ''

permissions:
  contents: write

jobs:
  # Decide which runner the build lands on. `runs-on` is fixed before a job
  # starts and a job pointed at an offline self-hosted runner queues forever
  # instead of failing over — so we probe first and hand the label down.
  pick-runner:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      label: ${{ steps.pick.outputs.label }}
    steps:
      - name: Probe for an online self-hosted runner
        id: pick
        env:
          # Listing runners needs repo-admin access; the default GITHUB_TOKEN
          # does NOT have it. Create a PAT (classic: `repo`; fine-grained:
          # Administration → read) and store it as the RUNNER_CHECK_TOKEN
          # secret. If the secret is missing, we fall back to windows-latest.
          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RUNNER_CHECK_TOKEN }}
        run: |
          label=windows-latest
          if [ -n "$GH_TOKEN" ]; then
            online=$(gh api "repos/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runners" \
              --jq '[.runners[] | select(.status=="online") | select([.labels[].name] | index("self-hosted"))] | length' \
              2>/dev/null || echo 0)
            if [ "${online:-0}" -gt 0 ]; then
              label=self-hosted
            fi
          fi
          echo "Selected runner: $label"
          echo "label=$label" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

  build:
    needs: pick-runner
    runs-on: ${{ needs.pick-runner.outputs.label }}
    outputs:
      tag: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.tag }}
      is_release: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.is_release }}
    # Windows PowerShell 5.1 is always present; the runner's default `pwsh`
    # (PowerShell Core) is not installed by default, and `shell: bash` on a
    # self-hosted box resolves to the WSL launcher in System32.
    defaults:
      run:
        shell: powershell
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          submodules: recursive

      # Resolve the effective version once so every step below agrees.
      # is_release=true when a vX.Y.Z tag is in play (pushed tag,
      # dispatched-from-tag, or a `tag` input); the embedded addon's
      # `## Version:` and the compiled CLASSIC_API_VERSION are both
      # stamped from it at embed/compile time (see cmake/embed_resources.cmake)
      # — no source edit.
      - name: Resolve version
        id: ver
        env:
          INPUT_TAG: ${{ inputs.tag }}
        run: |
          if ($env:GITHUB_EVENT_NAME -eq 'workflow_dispatch' -and $env:INPUT_TAG) {
            $tag = $env:INPUT_TAG
          } elseif ($env:GITHUB_REF -like 'refs/tags/v*') {
            $tag = $env:GITHUB_REF_NAME
          } else {
            $tag = ''
          }
          $isRelease = if ($tag) { 'true' } else { 'false' }
          Add-Content -Path $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Value "tag=$tag" -Encoding utf8
          Add-Content -Path $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT -Value "is_release=$isRelease" -Encoding utf8

      - name: Configure (release)
        if: steps.ver.outputs.is_release == 'true'
        run: cmake -B build -A Win32 "-DCLASSICAPI_TAG=${{ steps.ver.outputs.tag }}"

      - name: Configure (dev)
        if: steps.ver.outputs.is_release != 'true'
        run: cmake -B build -A Win32

      - name: Build
        run: cmake --build build --config Release

      # Dev builds carry their own symbols. With the PDB sitting next to the DLL
      # the client's crash handler resolves our frames to file and line — a
      # tester's log reads `Texture::Mask::PrimIndexed_h+12 (Mask.cpp,246)`
      # instead of a bare address — and the map resolves `0001:offset` addresses
      # by hand when there is no dump. Both match THIS build and nothing else,
      # which is why they travel with it rather than being rebuilt later from the
      # same commit. Unlike the release bundle these need no off-putting name:
      # the artifact is behind the Actions UI, so whoever downloads it is already
      # the audience for symbols.
      - name: Upload artifact
        if: steps.ver.outputs.is_release != 'true'
        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: ClassicAPI-${{ github.sha }}
          # Shared parent is build/Release, so all three land at the zip root.
          path: |
            build/Release/ClassicAPI.dll
            build/Release/ClassicAPI.pdb
            build/Release/ClassicAPI.map
          # A symbol-less artifact looks identical to a good one until someone
          # needs a stack out of it, so fail the build instead of warning.
          if-no-files-found: error

      # Bundle both debug artifacts into one zip so a crash from a shipped DLL
      # can be triaged exactly. The PDB gives WinDbg/x64dbg/VS a line-level
      # symbolicated call stack from a crash dump; the map resolves the
      # `0001:offset` addresses in WoW's ERROR #132 crash log by hand when no
      # dump is available. Both match THIS exact DLL build.
      # The filename is deliberately off-putting: it is NOT the addon and has no
      # value to a normal player. The loud all-caps name keeps them from
      # grabbing it by mistake; the tag suffix lets a dev match symbols to the
      # exact build. (pdb/map keep their real names inside so the pdb signature
      # still lines up with the DLL.)
      - name: Package debug symbols for release
        if: steps.ver.outputs.is_release == 'true'
        run: >
          Compress-Archive
          -Path build/Release/ClassicAPI.pdb, build/Release/ClassicAPI.map
          -DestinationPath build/Release/Crash-Symbols-Use-For-Debugging-${{ steps.ver.outputs.tag }}.zip
          -Force

      - name: Release
        if: steps.ver.outputs.is_release == 'true'
        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
        with:
          tag_name: ${{ steps.ver.outputs.tag }}
          files: |
            build/Release/ClassicAPI.dll
            build/Release/Crash-Symbols-Use-For-Debugging-${{ steps.ver.outputs.tag }}.zip
          generate_release_notes: true