Mythetech Shared Workflows

Reusable GitHub Actions workflows for building, signing, and publishing .NET desktop applications.

Workflows

pr-test.yml

Runs unit tests on pull requests.

name: PR Tests
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  test:
    uses: mythetech/workflows/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml@main
    with:
      test_project: "MyApp.Test/MyApp.Test.csproj"

Inputs

Input	Required	Default	Description
dotnet_version	No	10.0.x	.NET SDK version
test_project	No	-	Path to test project. If omitted, runs dotnet test in root
test_command	No	-	Override the entire test command

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desktop-publish.yml

Full build, sign, and publish pipeline for .NET desktop applications. Supports:

• Windows: Azure Trusted Signing
• macOS: Developer ID + Notarization
• Linux: Unsigned AppImage

name: Publish Desktop
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  publish:
    uses: mythetech/workflows/.github/workflows/desktop-publish.yml@main
    with:
      app_name: "Horizon"
      project_path: "Horizon/Horizon.csproj"
      test_project: "Horizon.Test/Horizon.Test.csproj"
      entitlements_path: "Horizon/Horizon.entitlements"
      icon_windows: "Horizon/wwwroot/logo.ico"
      icon_linux: "Horizon/wwwroot/logo.png"
      icon_macos: "Horizon/wwwroot/logo.icns"
      storage_account: "stmythetechglobal"
      storage_container: "preview"
    secrets: inherit

Inputs

Input	Required	Default	Description
app_name	Yes	-	Application name (e.g., "Horizon")
project_path	Yes	-	Path to main .csproj
test_project	No	-	Path to test project
entitlements_path	Yes	-	Path to macOS entitlements file
icon_windows	Yes	-	Windows icon (.ico)
icon_linux	Yes	-	Linux icon (.png)
icon_macos	Yes	-	macOS icon (.icns)
dotnet_version	No	10.0.x	.NET SDK version
versioning	No	nbgv	nbgv or run_number
storage_account	Yes	-	Azure Storage account
storage_container	Yes	-	Container for releases
releases_container	No	releases	Container for Velopack auto-update
enable_signing	No	true	Enable code signing
enable_smoke_tests	No	true	Enable smoke tests
enable_blob_upload	No	true	Enable Azure uploads

Required Secrets

Configure these at the organization level for sharing across repos:

Windows Signing (Azure Trusted Signing)

• AZURE_TRUSTED_SIGNING_ENDPOINT
• AZURE_TRUSTED_SIGNING_ACCOUNT_NAME
• AZURE_TRUSTED_SIGNING_CERTIFICATE_PROFILE_NAME
• AZURE_CREDENTIALS

macOS Signing & Notarization

• BUILD_CERTIFICATE_BASE64
• INSTALLER_CERTIFICATE_BASE64
• P12_PASSWORD
• APPLE_USERNAME_ID
• APPLE_TEAM_ID
• KEYCHAIN_PASSWORD
• MACOS_SIGN_APP_IDENTITY
• MACOS_SIGN_INSTALL_IDENTITY

App-Specific (configure per repository)

• APPLE_APP_ID_PASSWORD - App-specific password for notarization
• BLOB_SAS_TOKEN - Azure Storage SAS token (if different per app)

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Composite Actions

actions/macos-sign

Signs and notarizes a macOS application bundle.

- uses: mythetech/workflows/actions/macos-sign@main
  with:
    app_name: "MyApp"
    platform_release_dir: "releases/macOS"
    entitlements_path: "MyApp/MyApp.entitlements"
    sign_app_identity: ${{ secrets.MACOS_SIGN_APP_IDENTITY }}
    sign_install_identity: ${{ secrets.MACOS_SIGN_INSTALL_IDENTITY }}
    keychain_path: ${{ runner.temp }}/app-signing.keychain-db

actions/smoke-test

Verifies that a desktop application can launch and display a window.

- uses: mythetech/workflows/actions/smoke-test@main
  with:
    app_name: "MyApp"
    platform: "Windows"  # or "macOS" or "Linux"
    releases_dir: "releases"

actions/blob-upload

Uploads release artifacts to Azure Blob Storage.

- uses: mythetech/workflows/actions/blob-upload@main
  with:
    app_name: "MyApp"
    version: "1.0.0"
    platform: "Windows"
    release_dir: "releases/Windows"
    storage_account: "mystorageaccount"
    storage_container: "releases"
    sas_token: ${{ secrets.BLOB_SAS_TOKEN }}

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Migration Guide

From existing workflow to reusable workflow

1. Create/update .github/workflows/pr.yml:

name: PR Tests
on:
  pull_request:
    branches: [ "main" ]

jobs:
  test:
    uses: mythetech/workflows/.github/workflows/pr-test.yml@main
    with:
      test_project: "MyApp.Test/MyApp.Test.csproj"

2. Create/update .github/workflows/dotnet-desktop.yml:

name: Publish Desktop
on:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  publish:
    uses: mythetech/workflows/.github/workflows/desktop-publish.yml@main
    with:
      app_name: "MyApp"
      project_path: "MyApp/MyApp.csproj"
      test_project: "MyApp.Test/MyApp.Test.csproj"
      entitlements_path: "MyApp/MyApp.entitlements"
      icon_windows: "MyApp/wwwroot/logo.ico"
      icon_linux: "MyApp/wwwroot/logo.png"
      icon_macos: "MyApp/wwwroot/logo.icns"
      storage_account: "mystorageaccount"
      storage_container: "releases"
    secrets: inherit

3. Ensure secrets are configured:

   • Org-level: All signing and common secrets
   • Repo-level: APPLE_APP_ID_PASSWORD (app-specific notarization password)

4. Standardize the app-specific secret name:

   • Rename APPLE_MYAPP_ID_PASSWORD to APPLE_APP_ID_PASSWORD in each repo

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Versioning

This repository uses @main for all consuming workflows. Changes pushed to main are immediately available to all projects.

For breaking changes, create a new major version branch (e.g., v2) and update consuming workflows to use @v2.