dart_release

Description:

dart release

dart_release #
A tool for building and publishing Dart apps, e.g. on GitHub or deploying on a Web Server.
See also the according GitHub action.
Example #
Build:
dart_release build \
--main-path "bin/example.dart"
--app-name example \
--app-version v0.0.1-alpha.1 \
--build-arg=--define=DB_USER=user \
--build-arg=--define=DB_PASSWORD=12345678 \
--include-path README.md
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If the command is not found (in the PATH), try: dart pub global run dart_release ....
Note that you have to pass the base64 arguments without any newline characters:
MY_BASE_64=$(base64 --wrap=0 /myfile)
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Or remove them afterward:
MY_BASE_64="${MY_BASE_64//$'\n'/}"
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Options: #

main-path: The Dart entry point
app-name: The name of the app executable
app-version: Semantic version of the release (like v1.2.3), see https://semver.org/

Supported Features #



Platform
Windows
macOS
Linux




Build
windows
macos
linux


Publish
Microsoft Store ❌
Home Brew ❌
Snap ❌


Deploy
Windows Server ❌
Mac Server ❌
Linux Server ✓



Support for other app distributors is planned.
Deploy Setup #

Generate a key pair on your client ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519_dart_release -C dart_release *
without* a passphrase
Add the output of cat $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519_dart_release.pub to your servers $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys
Convert the private key to a base64 string e.g. base64 --wrap=0 $HOME/.ssh/id_ed25519_dart_release
Run dart_release
dart_release deploy \
--dry-run \
--app-name example \
--app-version v0.0.1-alpha.1 \
--build-arg=--define=DB_USER=user \
--build-arg=--define=DB_PASSWORD=12345678 \
--host=host.example.com \
--path=.local/share/example/ \
--ssh-port=22 \
--ssh-user=<user> \
--ssh-private-key-base64=<private-key> \
--main-path bin/example.dart \
--include-path public \
--include-path .env.example \
--pre-script deploy-pre-run.sh \
--post-script deploy-post-run.sh
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