setup ci

.ci/run

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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"
+cd .. # git root
+
+if ! command -v sudo; then
+    # CI or Docker sometimes doesn't have it, so useful to have a dummy
+    function sudo {
+        "$@"
+    }
+fi
+
+if [ -n "${CI-}" ]; then
+    # install OS specific stuff here
+    case "$OSTYPE" in
+    darwin*) 
+        # macos
+        :
+        ;;
+    cygwin* | msys* | win*)
+        # windows
+        :
+        ;;
+    *)
+        # must be linux?
+        sudo src/dependencies.sh
+        ;;
+    esac
+fi
+
+
+PY_BIN="python3"
+# some systems might have python pointing to python3
+if ! command -v python3 &> /dev/null; then
+    PY_BIN="python"
+fi
+
+# TODO

.github/workflows/main.yml

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+# see https://github.com/karlicoss/pymplate for up-to-date reference
+
+name: CI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+    tags: 'v[0-9]+.*' # only trigger on 'release' tags for PyPi
+    # Ideally I would put this in the pypi job... but github syntax doesn't allow for regexes there :shrug:
+    # P.S. fuck made up yaml DSLs.
+  pull_request: # needed to trigger on others' PRs
+  # Note that people who fork it need to go to "Actions" tab on their fork and click "I understand my workflows, go ahead and enable them".
+  workflow_dispatch: # needed to trigger workflows manually
+    # todo cron?
+    inputs:
+      debug_enabled:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Run the build with tmate debugging enabled (https://github.com/marketplace/actions/debugging-with-tmate)'
+        required: false
+        default: false
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        platform: [ubuntu-latest]
+        emacs-version: ['whatever']
+        # vvv just an example of excluding stuff from matrix
+        # exclude: [{platform: macos-latest, python-version: '3.6'}]
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+
+    steps:
+    # ugh https://github.com/actions/toolkit/blob/main/docs/commands.md#path-manipulation
+    - run: echo "$HOME/.local/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+
+    # - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+    #   with:
+    #     python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        submodules: recursive
+        fetch-depth: 0  # nicer to have all git history when debugging/for tests
+
+    - uses: mxschmitt/action-tmate@v3
+      if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && inputs.debug_enabled }}
+
+    # explicit bash command is necessary for Windows CI runner, otherwise it thinks it's cmd...
+    - run: bash .ci/run
+

src/dependencies.sh

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 #!/bin/bash -eux
-# apt update && apt full-upgrade?
+apt update
+apt full-upgrade -y
 apt install -y entr # watching changes
 apt install -y emacs-nox pandoc  # TODO use latest emacs maybe?
 apt install -y elpa-org elpa-dash elpa-s  # TODO use latest org-mode maybe?