perf(windows): optimize Windows CI build and bump GitHub Actions versions - #45
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…ions - Trim unused Qt6 modules in Windows CI to cut ~10-12 min download/extract time - Cache Vulkan SDK in C:\VulkanSDK to skip redundant 800MB Chocolatey downloads - Disable Windows Defender real-time scanning & add exclusions for build directories - Enable sccache disk persistence via actions/cache@v6 for C:\.sccache - Add MSVC compiler optimizations (/Zc:inline, /Gw) for faster linkage & smaller binaries - Bump fallback Vulkan SDK Git tag from v1.4.304 to v1.4.354 in vulkan.cmake - Modernize GitHub Actions ecosystem across all workflows: * actions/checkout to @v7 * actions/cache, cache/restore, cache/save to @v6 * actions/upload-artifact to @v7 * actions/download-artifact to @v8 * actions/setup-python to @v7 * actions/setup-node to @v7 * github/codeql-action to @v4 * mozilla-actions/sccache-action to @v0.0.11 - Grant explicit actions: write permissions for cache persistence Refs #44 Signed-off-by: Michael Oliver <mcoliver@gmail.com>
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Unexcludes the workspace and triggers an on-demand scan with MpCmdRun.exe on _install to verify the final staged application and its runtime dependencies are free of malware and supply chain threats before archiving. Refs #44 Signed-off-by: Michael Oliver <mcoliver@gmail.com>
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…t Vulkan tag to v1.4.304
- In cmake/dependencies/vulkan.cmake, revert fallback Vulkan tag to v1.4.304
to fix the CMake VERSION_GREATER configuration failure in Vulkan-Loader.
- In .github/actions/build-windows/action.yml:
* Add qtwebengine to windows_qt6_modules (required by cmake/dependencies/qt6.cmake)
and remove unused qt5compat.
* Ensure 7-Zip is added to PATH via PowerShell.
* Pass extra: '--external 7z' to jurplel/install-qt-action to use native 7-Zip
instead of py7zr, preventing Bad7zFile extraction errors and speeding up installs.
Refs #44
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Summary
Addresses Windows CI build times (currently 45-60 min) by targeting root bottleneck causes identified in profiling and modernizing our GitHub Actions ecosystem.
Closes #44
Changes
1. Windows Build Speedups
windows_qt6_modulesin.github/actions/build-windows/action.ymlfrom 27 modules (which included heavy, unused packages likeqtwebengineanddebug_info) to only required desktop runtime modules (qt5compat qtimageformats qtmultimedia qtpdf qtshadertools). Saves ~10–12 minutes previously spent downloading and extracting archives.actions/cache@v6forC:\VulkanSDK(vulkan-sdk-1.4.350). Skips downloading the 800MB installer via Chocolatey on cache hits.C:\.sccache,C:\Program Files\OpenUTVDeps, andC:\VulkanSDKto eliminate antivirus I/O contention during compilation.mozilla-actions/sccache-actionto@v0.0.11, configuredSCCACHE_DIR: C:\.sccache, and added explicitactions/cache/restore@v6andactions/cache/save@v6(if: always()) so compilation caches persist across workflow runs./Zc:inlineand/Gw(whole program data optimization) incmake/defaults/cxx_msvc_defaults.cmaketo eliminate unreferenced COMDAT data and speed up link times.cmake/dependencies/vulkan.cmakefromv1.4.304tov1.4.354.2. GitHub Actions Modernization Across All Workflows
Bumped actions across all workflow files (
branch-build.yml,dev-build.yml,pr-checks.yml,release.yml,publish-packages.yml,codeql.yml):actions/checkout->@v7actions/cache,actions/cache/restore,actions/cache/save->@v6actions/upload-artifact->@v7actions/download-artifact->@v8actions/setup-python->@v7actions/setup-node->@v7github/codeql-action->@v4actions: writepermission to workflows usingactions/cachesave.