cmake-multi-platform-build.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: [ "develop" ]
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "develop" ]
  workflow_dispatch:
    branches:
      - '*'

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

    strategy:
      # Set fail-fast to false to ensure that feedback is delivered for all matrix combinations. Consider changing this to true when your workflow is stable.
      fail-fast: false

      # Set up a matrix to run the following 3 linux versions:
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, ubuntu-24.04, ubuntu-22.04, ubuntu-20.04]
        build_type: [Release]
        c_compiler: [gcc]
        include:
          - os: ubuntu-latest
            c_compiler: gcc
            cpp_compiler: g++

          - os: ubuntu-24.04
            c_compiler: gcc
            cpp_compiler: g++

          - os: ubuntu-22.04
            c_compiler: gcc
            cpp_compiler: g++
          
          - os: ubuntu-20.04
            c_compiler: gcc
            cpp_compiler: g++

    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      with:
        submodules: recursive
    - uses: awalsh128/cache-apt-pkgs-action@v1
      with:
        packages: build-essential cmake cmake-curses-gui libflann-dev libgsl-dev libeigen3-dev libopenmpi-dev openmpi-bin opencl-c-headers ocl-icd-opencl-dev libvtk7-dev libvtk7-qt-dev freeglut3-dev libhdf5-dev qtbase5-dev qt5-default libqt5opengl5-dev liblz4-dev libopencv-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libcgal-dev libgdal-dev
        version: build-${{ matrix.os }}
        execute_install_scripts: true

    - name: Install non cacheable dependencies
      run: >
        sudo apt install libboost-all-dev

    - 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 ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cpp_compiler }}
        -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 }}