Build

This page describes how to make a distributable from source project.

Prerequisites

Checkout the source code from github willwright/gitrelease-py

Install python3.8. Example uses homebrew

brew install python@3.8

Add the 3.8 install to your path so that python3 defaults to 3.8 (assumes bash shell)

echo 'export PATH="/usr/local/opt/python@3.8/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bash_profile

Test that your default python3 version is 3.8

# python3 -V
Python 3.8.1

Change directory to checked out repo

Create a virtual environment using python3.8

python3 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment

. venv/bin/activate

Test that the version of your virtual environment is correct

# python -V
Python 3.8.1

Install dependencies

pip install pyinstaller click PyYAML requests

Build the distributable

pyinstaller --onefile -n gitrelease --hiddenimport click,requests,PyYAML main.py

You should see a bunch of output in your console and a single file (gitrelease) in the dist folder

Checkout the source code from github willwright/gitrelease-py

Install python3.8. python/downloads

Note: I had to use the installer from python.org NOT the installer from microsoft store

When the installers runs choose add to PATH

Test that your default python is version is 3.8

PS C:\Users\Will> python -V
Python 3.8.2
PS C:\Users\Will>

Change directory to checked out repo

Create a virtual environment using python3.8

python -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment

PS F:\gitrelease-py> .\venvps\Scripts\activate
(venvps) PS F:\gitrelease-py>

Test that the version of your virtual environment is correct

(venvps) PS F:\gitrelease-py> python -V
Python 3.8.2

Install dependencies

pip install pyinstaller click PyYAML requests

Build the distributable

pyinstaller --onefile -n gitrelease --hiddenimport click,requests,PyYAML main.py

You should see a bunch of output in your console and a single file (gitrelease.exe) in the dist folder

Checkout the source code from github willwright/gitrelease-py

Install python3.8

apt-get install python3.8

Change directory to checked out repo

Create a virtual environment using python3.8

python3.8 -m venv venv

Activate the virtual environment

. venv/bin/activate

Test that the version of your virtual environment is correct

# python -V
Python 3.8.1

Install dependencies

pip install pyinstaller click PyYAML requests

Build the distributable

pyinstaller --onefile -n gitrelease --hiddenimport click,requests,PyYAML main.py

You should see a bunch of output in your console and a single file (gitrelease) in the dist folder