Nullsoft scriptable install system GitHub action

This action calls makensis to create a Windows installer.

This codebase was ported from the Azure DevOps Extension dev-maxima/nsis-extension.

Platforms

This action looks for makensis or makensis.exe in the environment path, and if not found it will attempt to look in a couple of different places:

• Windows - C:\Program Files (x86)\NSIS\
• Linux and macOS:
  • /usr/local/bin/
  • /usr/bin/
  • /opt/local/bin/

Inputs

script-file

Path to the .nsi script file. Default "install.nsi".

arguments

Arguments to makensis.exe. Default: "".

additional-plugin-paths

Newline-delimited list of paths to load plugins from. Default "".

Example usage

- name: Create installer
  uses: joncloud/makensis-action@v4
  with:
    arguments: "/V3"

Development

This action needs to be built from the source code located in the /src folder. Whenever you make changes, you should run the npm run build script. Otherwise, your changes won't be tested by CI.

Sample Projects

• joncloud/makensis-action-test