whoops, GitHub apparently ends if any of the commands in the PowerShell script fail. I had some dir listings relvant to gitlab left over, and this caused the entire job to fail in 13s

      Directory: D:\a\cross-platform-python-gui\cross-platform-python-gui

  Mode                LastWriteTime         Length Name
  ----                -------------         ------ ----
  d--h--        5/31/2020   9:12 PM                .git
  d-----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM                .github
  d-----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM                build
  d-----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM                src
  -a----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM          35787 LICENSE
  -a----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM            956 README.md
  -a----        5/31/2020   9:12 PM              6 requirements.txt

  DEBUG:   34+  >>>> Write-Output 'INFO: Beginning execution'
  INFO: Beginning execution
  DEBUG:   36+  >>>> Write-Output "INFO: Inspect gitlab's python version"
  INFO: Inspect gitlab's python version
  DEBUG:   37+  >>>> Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner -Force | Out-String
  Get-ChildItem : Cannot find path 'C:\Users\gitlab_runner' because it does not exist.
  At D:\a\cross-platform-python-gui\cross-platform-python-gui\build\windows\buildExe.ps1:37 char:1
  + Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner -Force | Out-String
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (C:\Users\gitlab_runner:String) [Get-ChildItem], ItemNotFoundException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetChildItemCommand

  ##[error]Process completed with exit code 1.

Let's remove those lines and try again..

Author: maltfield

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
 
-    - name: Execute script to build linux AppImage
+    - name: Execute script to .exe in Windows
       run: "build/windows/buildExe.ps1"
       shell: powershell
 

build/windows/buildExe.ps1

@@ -33,14 +33,6 @@ Get-ChildItem -Force | Out-String
 
 Write-Output 'INFO: Beginning execution'
 
-Write-Output "INFO: Inspect gitlab's python version"
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner -Force | Out-String
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner\AppData -Force | Out-String
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner\AppData\Roaming -Force | Out-String
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner\AppData\Roaming\Python -Force | Out-String
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37 -Force | Out-String
-Get-ChildItem -Path C:\Users\gitlab_runner\AppData\Roaming\Python\Python37\Scripts -Force | Out-String
-
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 # INSTALL DEPENDS #
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