cmake-multi-platform.yml

# This starter workflow is for a CMake project running on multiple platforms. There is a different starter workflow if you just want a single platform.
# See: https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/cmake-single-platform.yml
name: CMake on multiple platforms

on:
  push:
    branches: [ "main" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}

    strategy:
      fail-fast: false

      matrix:
        os: [ ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest ]
        build_type: [ Release, Debug ]
        c_compiler: [ gcc, clang, msbuild ]
        include:
          # Define specific settings for each OS and compiler combination
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            c_compiler: gcc
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            c_compiler: clang
          - os: macos-latest
            c_compiler: gcc
          - os: macos-latest
            c_compiler: clang
          - os: windows-latest
            c_compiler: msbuild

    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - run: git submodule update --init --recursive

      - name: Set reusable strings
        # Turn repeated input strings (such as the build output directory) into step outputs. These step outputs can be used throughout the workflow file.
        id: strings
        shell: bash
        run: |
          echo "build-output-dir=${{ github.workspace }}/build" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"

      - name: Configure CMake
        # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
        # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html?highlight=cmake_build_type
        run: >
          cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
          -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.c_compiler }}
          -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
          -S ${{ github.workspace }}

      - name: Build
        # Build your program with the given configuration. Note that --config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
        run: cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }} --config ${{ matrix.build_type }}

      - name: Test
        working-directory: ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
        # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration. Note that --build-config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
        # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
        run: ctest --build-config ${{ matrix.build_type }}