added support for loongarch64 ISA to the build pipeline

Author: aryonoco

.devcontainer/Dockerfile

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ ENV NIM_VERSION=${NIM_VERSION}
 ENV ZIG_VERSION=${ZIG_VERSION}
 ENV RISCSTAR_VERSION=${RISCSTAR_VERSION}
 ENV PATH="/home/vscode/riscv64-toolchain/bin:/home/vscode/nim-${NIM_VERSION}/bin:/home/vscode/.nimble/bin:/home/vscode/zig:${PATH}"
+ENV SHELL=/bin/zsh
 
 # Install system dependencies
 # NOTE: musl-tools and musl-dev REMOVED - Zig provides musl
@@ -54,7 +55,9 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
     entr \
     # Clean up
     && apt-get clean \
-    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* \
+    # Use bash for /bin/sh (dash causes issues with some VS Code extensions)
+    && ln -sf /bin/bash /bin/sh
 
 # Switch to vscode user for Nim/Zig installation
 USER vscode

.github/workflows/release.yml

@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ jobs:
             target: powerpc64le-linux-musl
             nimcpu: "--cpu:powerpc64"
             march: "-mcpu=pwr8 -mtune=pwr9"
+          - arch: loong64
+            target: loongarch64-linux-musl
+            nimcpu: "--cpu:loongarch64"
+            march: "-march=loongarch64"
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code

justfile

@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ release: && _clean-cache
         aarch64) nimble releaseArm64 && cp bin/yabb-linux-arm64 bin/yabb ;;
         riscv64) nimble releaseRiscv64 && cp bin/yabb-linux-riscv64 bin/yabb ;;
         ppc64le) nimble releasePpc64le && cp bin/yabb-linux-ppc64le bin/yabb ;;
+        loongarch64) nimble releaseLoong64 && cp bin/yabb-linux-loong64 bin/yabb ;;
         *) echo "Unsupported architecture: $ARCH" && exit 1 ;;
     esac
     echo "Release build: bin/yabb (musl static, optimised, stripped)"
@@ -182,8 +183,13 @@ build-ppc64le:
     @echo "Cross-compiling for PPC64LE..."
     nimble releasePpc64le
 
-# Build all Linux architectures (amd64, arm64, riscv64, ppc64le)
-build-all: build-amd64 build-arm64 build-riscv64 build-ppc64le
+# Build for LoongArch64 Linux (static musl)
+build-loong64:
+    @echo "Cross-compiling for LoongArch64..."
+    nimble releaseLoong64
+
+# Build all Linux architectures (amd64, arm64, riscv64, ppc64le, loong64)
+build-all: build-amd64 build-arm64 build-riscv64 build-ppc64le build-loong64
     @echo ""
     @echo "All architectures built:"
     @ls -lh bin/yabb-linux-* 2>/dev/null || echo "No binaries found"
@@ -372,12 +378,12 @@ watch-test:
 binary-info:
     @echo "Binary information:"
     @for bin in bin/yabb bin/yabb-linux-*; do \
-        if [ -f "$$bin" ]; then \
+        if [ -f "$bin" ]; then \
             echo ""; \
-            echo "=== $$bin ==="; \
-            file "$$bin"; \
-            ls -lh "$$bin"; \
-            ldd "$$bin" 2>&1 | head -3 || true; \
+            echo "=== $bin ==="; \
+            file "$bin"; \
+            ls -lh "$bin"; \
+            ldd "$bin" 2>&1 | head -3 || true; \
         fi; \
     done
     @if [ ! -f bin/yabb ] && [ ! -f bin/yabb-linux-amd64 ]; then \

scripts/install.sh

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #
 # REQUIREMENTS:
 #   Bash 5.2+
-#   Linux (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64, or ppc64le)
+#   Linux (x86_64, aarch64, riscv64, ppc64le, or loongarch64)
 #   curl, tar, zstd, sha256sum
 #
 # USAGE:
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ declare -rA ARCH_MAP=(
   [aarch64]="arm64"
   [riscv64]="riscv64"
   [ppc64le]="ppc64le"
+  [loongarch64]="loong64"
 )
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -865,7 +866,7 @@ USAGE:
 
 DESCRIPTION:
   Download and install YABB (Yet Another BTRFS Backup) from GitHub releases.
-  Automatically detects architecture (x86_64/aarch64/riscv64/ppc64le) and verifies checksums.
+  Automatically detects architecture (x86_64/aarch64/riscv64/ppc64le/loongarch64) and verifies checksums.
 
 INSTALLATION OPTIONS:
   -d, --dir PATH       Install directory (default: ${DEFAULT_INSTALL_DIR})

yabb.nimble

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version = "0.4.7"
+version = "0.4.8"
 author = "Aryan Ameri"
 description = "Yet Another BTRFS Backup"
 license = "MPL 2.0"
@@ -141,11 +141,20 @@ task releasePpc64le, "Build static binary for PowerPC 64-bit LE Linux":
   exec "llvm-strip -s bin/yabb-linux-ppc64le"
   echo "Built: bin/yabb-linux-ppc64le"
 
+task releaseLoong64, "Build static binary for LoongArch64 Linux":
+  exec "nim c " & releaseFlags & " " & zigccFlags & " " & "--cpu:loongarch64 " &
+    "--passC:'-target loongarch64-linux-musl' " & "--passL:'-target loongarch64-linux-musl' " &
+    "--passC:-march=loongarch64 " & ltoFlags &
+    " -o:bin/yabb-linux-loong64 src/yabb.nim"
+  exec "llvm-strip -s bin/yabb-linux-loong64"
+  echo "Built: bin/yabb-linux-loong64"
+
 task releaseAll, "Build static binaries for all Linux architectures":
   exec "nimble releaseAmd64"
   exec "nimble releaseArm64"
   exec "nimble releaseRiscv64"
   exec "nimble releasePpc64le"
+  exec "nimble releaseLoong64"
   echo ""
   echo "All architectures built:"
   exec "ls -lh bin/yabb-linux-*"