Fix AppImage build (#1073)

Author: pdelboca

.github/workflows/general.yaml

@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build the deb package
         run: |
           VERSION=$(uv run python -c "import ode; print(ode.__version__)")
-          uv run build.py --onefile --name "opendataeditor-$VERSION.AppImage"
+          uv run build.py build --onefile --name "opendataeditor-$VERSION.AppImage"
       - name: Archive build artifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:

build.py

@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ def build_application():
         # is installed which might not be the case for all of our users.
         params.extend(["--add-binary", "C:\\Windows\\system32\\vcomp140.dll:."])
 
+    # Allow calling `python build.py build` with extra arguments
+    # e.g. when building AppImage `python build.py build --onefile --name "opendataeditor-X.Y.Z.AppImage"`
+    cli_args =  sys.argv[2:]
+    if cli_args:
+        params.extend(cli_args)
+
     PyInstaller.__main__.run(params)
 
     # Clean the spec file generated by PyInstaller