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Linux x86_64 becomes a packaged, CI-tested platform next to Windows, and the release pipeline gains a daily nightly pre-release. Along the way, running the Rust checks on Linux for the first time surfaced four real bugs, fixed here.

Release pipeline

release-windows.yml is renamed to release.yml and split into four jobs:

Job What it does
prepare Reads the version and decides the channel: stable v<version> for manual runs, nightly for scheduled runs
build-windows Unchanged MSVC/NSIS build with the existing WebView2 self-containment checks
build-linux Pinned ubuntu-24.04, installs Tauri prerequisites, runs fmt, clippy, tests, typecheck, bundles AppImage + .deb + .rpm, fails unless exactly one of each exists and the binary links libwebkit2gtk-4.1
publish Merges both platforms' signatures into one latest.json (windows-x86_64, linux-x86_64) and creates the GitHub release with every package and .sig

The runner image is pinned on purpose: the AppImage inherits its glibc as the minimum supported baseline, so bumping it is a compatibility decision.

Nightly

A cron trigger at 03:00 UTC publishes a rolling nightly pre-release from the default branch. Each run deletes the previous release and tag and recreates them at HEAD, and skips itself when the last nightly already covers that commit. Because it is a pre-release, it never becomes releases/latest, so the in-app updater keeps following the stable channel. Manual runs still only publish when the publish input is set.

CI and tooling

  • core-ci gains a test-linux job, so the #[cfg(unix)] tests finally run somewhere.
  • scripts/build-all.sh and scripts/verify.sh mirror the PowerShell scripts (--skip-install, --skip-verify, --no-bundle), exposed as npm run build:all:unix.
  • The .deb and .rpm declare a runtime dependency on git.
  • README and docs/TAURI_INTEGRATION.md cover the Linux packages, the nightly, and the fact that on Linux only the AppImage self-updates.

Fixes surfaced by the Linux run

  • rustfmt newline style. rustfmt.toml pinned Windows newlines while the repo stores LF, so cargo fmt --check failed on any Linux checkout. Now Auto.
  • Clippy in a unix-only branch. A needless return in new_conflict_temporary only compiled on unix, so Windows CI never saw the lint.
  • Unicode commit search on Linux. The Git runner forced LC_ALL=C, under which --regexp-ignore-case folds only ASCII, so searching ÁRVÍZTŰRŐ missed árvíztűrő. C.UTF-8 keeps messages untranslated and fixes the folding; verified directly against git 2.53.
  • Sparse checkout drive roots. C:\secrets was refused only on Windows, where Path parses the drive as a prefix. It is now refused on every platform, matching the backslash normalisation that already happens there.

Verification

  • Verified locally on Linux: cargo fmt --check, cargo clippy -D warnings, and cargo test for the four crates/ packages, all green after the fixes.
  • Both workflows pass actionlint; the shell scripts pass shellcheck.
  • Not verified locally: the desktop crate and npm run typecheck (this machine lacks WebKitGTK headers), and the workflows themselves. The first workflow_dispatch run on this branch is the real test of the Linux bundle step.

Notes for the reviewer

  • Scheduled runs need the signing secrets, which GitHub exposes to workflows on the default branch. GitHub also pauses cron workflows after 60 days without repository activity.
  • The stale "current version is 1.2.0" line in the README was corrected to 1.4.0 while rewriting that section.

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  • Chores
    • Linux DEB and RPM packages now declare Git as a required system dependency.

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Linux x86_64 joins Windows as a packaged platform. The release workflow
now builds both in parallel and publishes them together, and a daily
schedule produces a rolling `nightly` pre-release.

- Rename release-windows.yml to release.yml with `prepare`,
  `build-windows`, `build-linux`, and `publish` jobs. The Linux job runs
  on a pinned ubuntu-24.04 image and bundles an AppImage, .deb, and
  .rpm; it fails unless exactly one of each exists and the binary links
  libwebkit2gtk-4.1. The publish job merges both platforms into one
  latest.json, so the updater serves windows-x86_64 and linux-x86_64.
- Schedule a nightly at 03:00 UTC that recreates the `nightly` tag and
  pre-release at HEAD, skipping when nothing changed. Pre-releases never
  become releases/latest, so the stable updater channel is unaffected.
- Add a test-linux job to core-ci so the cfg(unix) tests run in CI.
- Add scripts/build-all.sh and scripts/verify.sh as counterparts of the
  PowerShell scripts, with `npm run build:all:unix`.
- Declare `git` as a runtime dependency of the .deb and .rpm packages.

Running the checks on Linux surfaced four fixes:

- rustfmt was pinned to Windows newlines while the repository stores LF,
  so `cargo fmt --check` failed on every Linux checkout. Use Auto.
- Remove a needless `return` in the unix-only branch of
  new_conflict_temporary that clippy rejects.
- Run Git under LC_ALL=C.UTF-8 instead of C. Messages stay untranslated,
  but --regexp-ignore-case now folds non-ASCII letters on Linux, where
  the C locale only knows ASCII, so Unicode commit search works.
- Refuse Windows drive roots in sparse checkout paths on every platform
  rather than only where Path parses them as a prefix.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5.1 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01HAzpzkowxx6v8msBpiijs3
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The change adds Linux CI, Unix build scripts, Linux packaging, and unified Windows/Linux release automation. It also updates release documentation and improves Git locale and sparse-path handling across platforms.

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Cross-platform build and release support

Layer / File(s) Summary
Unix build and validation tooling
.github/workflows/ci.yml, scripts/*, apps/desktop/package.json, rustfmt.toml, README.md
Adds Linux CI and Unix build and verification scripts. Updates build commands, Rust formatting, and Linux development documentation.
Unified release pipeline
.github/workflows/release.yml, .github/workflows/release-windows.yml, apps/desktop/src-tauri/tauri.conf.json, docs/TAURI_INTEGRATION.md, README.md
Replaces the Windows-only workflow with stable and nightly Windows/Linux releases. Builds signed packages, creates combined updater metadata, publishes release assets, and documents Linux package support.
Git portability and path validation
crates/gitcat-git-cli/src/runner.rs, crates/gitcat-git-cli/src/validate.rs, crates/gitcat-git-cli/src/conflict.rs
Uses C.UTF-8 for Git subprocesses and rejects Windows drive-letter prefixes in sparse checkout paths on all platforms. Simplifies Unix temporary-file creation.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 5d6ba

Failed Unix builds can be reported as successful, and the workflows expose broader credentials than their build steps require. These issues should be corrected before merge.

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sequenceDiagram
  participant Prepare
  participant WindowsBuild
  participant LinuxBuild
  participant PublicationPrep
  participant GitHubRelease
  Prepare->>WindowsBuild: Release parameters
  Prepare->>LinuxBuild: Release parameters
  WindowsBuild->>PublicationPrep: Windows artifacts and manifest
  LinuxBuild->>PublicationPrep: Linux artifacts and manifest
  PublicationPrep->>GitHubRelease: Combined manifest and release assets
  GitHubRelease->>GitHubRelease: Publish stable or nightly release
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test-linux:
runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
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Disable checkout credential persistence for both test jobs.

The workflow runs untrusted pull requests. Cargo commands execute repository-controlled code while the token has contents: read access. Set persist-credentials: false on both checkout steps.

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Restrict contents: write to the publish job.

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 permissions:
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Preserve the failing exit status in run_step.

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