feat: build.zig: add step to build for all platforms

In addition:
- add a forgejo workflow to this step for some continuous integration
- include a version number in artifact

.forgejo/workflows/dist.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build-dist:
+    runs-on: docker
+    steps:
+      - name: Setup Zig
+        uses: https://git.samsehu.perli.casa/Twins/action-setup-zig@v2.2.0
+        with:
+          version: 0.12.0
+          cache: false
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: zig build dist
+        run: zig build dist --summary all -Doptimize=ReleaseSmall
+      - name: upload-artifact x86_64-linux-gnu
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: seizer-solitaire.x86_64-linux-gnu
+          path: zig-out/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu/seizer-solitaire
+      - name: upload-artifact aarch64-linux-gnu
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: seizer-solitaire.aarch64-linux-gnu
+          path: zig-out/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu/seizer-solitaire
+      - name: upload-artifact arm-linux-gnueabihf
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: seizer-solitaire.arm-linux-gnueabihf
+          path: zig-out/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf/seizer-solitaire
+      - name: upload-artifact wasm32-wasi-none
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: seizer-solitaire.wasm32-wasi-none
+          path: zig-out/bin/wasm32-wasi-none/seizer-solitaire
+      - name: upload-artifact seizer-solitaire.html
+        uses: https://code.forgejo.org/forgejo/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: seizer-solitaire.html
+          path: zig-out/www/seizer-solitaire.html

build.zig

@@ -1,46 +1,18 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const mem = std.mem;
+
+const seizer_solitaire_version = std.SemanticVersion{ .major = 0, .minor = 1, .patch = 0 };
 
 // Although this function looks imperative, note that its job is to
 // declaratively construct a build graph that will be executed by an external
 // runner.
-pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
+pub fn build(b: *std.Build) !void {
-    // Standard target options allows the person running `zig build` to choose
-    // what target to build for. Here we do not override the defaults, which
-    // means any target is allowed, and the default is native. Other options
-    // for restricting supported target set are available.
     const target = b.standardTargetOptions(.{});
-
-    // Standard optimization options allow the person running `zig build` to select
-    // between Debug, ReleaseSafe, ReleaseFast, and ReleaseSmall. Here we do not
-    // set a preferred release mode, allowing the user to decide how to optimize.
     const optimize = b.standardOptimizeOption(.{});
 
-    const seizer = b.dependency("seizer", .{
+    const version = try getVersionString(b);
-        .target = target,
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    });
 
-    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+    const exe = try addSeizerSolitaireExe(b, b.getInstallStep(), .{ .target = target, .optimize = optimize, .version = version });
-        .name = "seizer-solitaire",
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
-        .target = target,
-        .optimize = optimize,
-    });
-    exe.root_module.addImport("seizer", seizer.module("seizer"));
-    b.installArtifact(exe);
-
-    // additionally generate an HTML file with the wasm module embedded when we use the wasi target
-    if (target.result.os.tag == .wasi) {
-        exe.wasi_exec_model = .reactor;
-
-        const bundle_webpage_exe = seizer.artifact("bundle-webpage");
-
-        const bundle_webpage = b.addRunArtifact(bundle_webpage_exe);
-        bundle_webpage.addArtifactArg(exe);
-
-        const install_html = b.addInstallFile(bundle_webpage.captureStdOut(), "www/seizer-solitaire.html");
-        b.getInstallStep().dependOn(&install_html.step);
-    }
 
     const run_cmd = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
     run_cmd.step.dependOn(b.getInstallStep());
@@ -52,18 +24,119 @@ pub fn build(b: *std.Build) void {
     const run_step = b.step("run", "Run the app");
     run_step.dependOn(&run_cmd.step);
 
-    const exe_unit_tests = b.addTest(.{
+    // build for all targets
-        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
+    const dist_step = b.step("dist", "Build binaries for all targets");
-        .target = target,
+    _ = try addSeizerSolitaireExe(b, dist_step, .{ .optimize = optimize, .version = version, .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{ .cpu_arch = .x86_64, .os_tag = .linux, .abi = .gnu }) });
-        .optimize = optimize,
+    _ = try addSeizerSolitaireExe(b, dist_step, .{ .optimize = optimize, .version = version, .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{ .cpu_arch = .arm, .os_tag = .linux, .abi = .gnueabihf }) });
-    });
+    _ = try addSeizerSolitaireExe(b, dist_step, .{ .optimize = optimize, .version = version, .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{ .cpu_arch = .aarch64, .os_tag = .linux, .abi = .gnu }) });
-    exe_unit_tests.root_module.addImport("seizer", seizer.module("seizer"));
+    _ = try addSeizerSolitaireExe(b, dist_step, .{ .optimize = optimize, .version = version, .target = b.resolveTargetQuery(.{ .cpu_arch = .wasm32, .os_tag = .wasi, .abi = .none }) });
-
+}
-    const run_exe_unit_tests = b.addRunArtifact(exe_unit_tests);
+
-
+pub fn addSeizerSolitaireExe(b: *std.Build, install_step: *std.Build.Step, options: struct {
-    // Similar to creating the run step earlier, this exposes a `test` step to
+    target: std.Build.ResolvedTarget,
-    // the `zig build --help` menu, providing a way for the user to request
+    optimize: std.builtin.OptimizeMode,
-    // running the unit tests.
+    version: [:0]const u8,
-    const test_step = b.step("test", "Run unit tests");
+}) !*std.Build.Step.Compile {
-    test_step.dependOn(&run_exe_unit_tests.step);
+    const seizer = b.dependency("seizer", .{
+        .target = options.target,
+        .optimize = options.optimize,
+    });
+
+    const exe = b.addExecutable(.{
+        .name = "seizer-solitaire",
+        .root_source_file = .{ .path = "src/main.zig" },
+        .target = options.target,
+        .optimize = options.optimize,
+    });
+    exe.root_module.addImport("seizer", seizer.module("seizer"));
+
+    const install_exe = b.addInstallArtifact(exe, .{ .dest_sub_path = b.fmt("{s}/{s}", .{ try options.target.result.linuxTriple(b.allocator), exe.name }) });
+    install_step.dependOn(&install_exe.step);
+
+    // additionally generate an HTML file with the wasm module embedded when we use the wasi target
+    if (options.target.result.os.tag == .wasi) {
+        exe.wasi_exec_model = .reactor;
+
+        const bundle_webpage_exe = seizer.artifact("bundle-webpage");
+
+        const bundle_webpage = b.addRunArtifact(bundle_webpage_exe);
+        bundle_webpage.addArtifactArg(exe);
+
+        const install_html = b.addInstallFile(bundle_webpage.captureStdOut(), "www/seizer-solitaire.html");
+        install_step.dependOn(&install_html.step);
+    }
+
+    // code to add version to binary, stolen from the zig language's build.zig
+    const exe_options = b.addOptions();
+    exe.root_module.addOptions("build_options", exe_options);
+
+    exe_options.addOption([:0]const u8, "version", options.version);
+
+    return exe;
+}
+
+pub fn getVersionString(b: *std.Build) ![:0]const u8 {
+    const opt_version_string = b.option([]const u8, "version-string", "Override version string. Default is to find out with git.");
+    if (opt_version_string) |version| {
+        return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, version);
+    }
+
+    if (!std.process.can_spawn) {
+        std.debug.print("error: version info cannot be retrieved from git. Zig version must be provided using -Dversion-string\n", .{});
+        std.process.exit(1);
+    }
+    const version_string = b.fmt("{d}.{d}.{d}", .{ seizer_solitaire_version.major, seizer_solitaire_version.minor, seizer_solitaire_version.patch });
+
+    var code: u8 = undefined;
+    const git_describe_untrimmed = b.runAllowFail(&[_][]const u8{
+        "git",
+        "-C",
+        b.build_root.path orelse ".",
+        "describe",
+        "--match",
+        "*.*.*",
+        "--tags",
+        "--abbrev=9",
+    }, &code, .Ignore) catch {
+        return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, version_string);
+    };
+    const git_describe = mem.trim(u8, git_describe_untrimmed, " \n\r");
+
+    switch (mem.count(u8, git_describe, "-")) {
+        0 => {
+            // Tagged release version (e.g. 0.10.0).
+            if (!mem.eql(u8, git_describe, version_string)) {
+                std.debug.print("Zig version '{s}' does not match Git tag '{s}'\n", .{ version_string, git_describe });
+                std.process.exit(1);
+            }
+            return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, version_string);
+        },
+        2 => {
+            // Untagged development build (e.g. 0.10.0-dev.2025+ecf0050a9).
+            var it = mem.splitScalar(u8, git_describe, '-');
+            const tagged_ancestor = it.first();
+            const commit_height = it.next().?;
+            const commit_id = it.next().?;
+
+            const ancestor_ver = try std.SemanticVersion.parse(tagged_ancestor);
+            if (seizer_solitaire_version.order(ancestor_ver) != .gt) {
+                std.debug.print("version '{}' must be greater than tagged ancestor '{}'\n", .{ seizer_solitaire_version, ancestor_ver });
+                std.process.exit(1);
+            }
+
+            // Check that the commit hash is prefixed with a 'g' (a Git convention).
+            if (commit_id.len < 1 or commit_id[0] != 'g') {
+                std.debug.print("Unexpected `git describe` output: {s}\n", .{git_describe});
+                return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, version_string);
+            }
+
+            // The version is reformatted in accordance with the https://semver.org specification.
+            const formatted_version = b.fmt("{s}-dev.{s}+{s}", .{ version_string, commit_height, commit_id[1..] });
+            return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, formatted_version);
+        },
+        else => {
+            std.debug.print("Unexpected `git describe` output: {s}\n", .{git_describe});
+            return try b.allocator.dupeZ(u8, version_string);
+        },
+    }
 }

src/main.zig

@@ -259,6 +259,16 @@ fn render(window: seizer.Window) !void {
         @floor((canvas.window_size[1] - space_taken_by_board[1]) / 2),
     };
 
+    _ = canvas.printText(
+        .{
+            0,
+            canvas.window_size[1],
+        },
+        "{s}",
+        .{build_options.version},
+        .{ .@"align" = .left, .baseline = .bottom, .scale = scalef },
+    );
+
     if (win_count) |w| {
         _ = canvas.printText(
             .{
@@ -898,6 +908,7 @@ const Snapshot = struct {
 const DeckSprites = assets.DeckSprites;
 const Card = assets.Card;
 
+const build_options = @import("build_options");
 const assets = @import("./assets.zig");
 const builtin = @import("builtin");
 const seizer = @import("seizer");