feat: build and upload a per-user Windows installer artifact via GitHub Actions.

Author: ahmetbilgay

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ jobs:
           - os: windows-latest
             platform: windows/amd64
             name: mergen_windows_amd64.exe
-            args: ""
+            args: "-nsis"
           - os: ubuntu-22.04
             platform: linux/amd64
             name: mergen_linux_amd64
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ jobs:
           if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-latest" ]; then
             # Move the built binary directly
             mv build/bin/mergen.exe ${{ matrix.name }}
+            # Move the installer
+            mv build/bin/mergen-amd64-installer.exe mergen_installer_windows_amd64.exe
           elif [ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "ubuntu-22.04" ]; then
             mv build/bin/mergen ${{ matrix.name }}
           else
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
           # Calculate checksum for the artifact
           if [ "${{ matrix.os }}" == "windows-latest" ]; then
             certutil -hashfile ${{ matrix.name }} SHA256 | grep -v "hash" | head -n 1 > ${{ matrix.name }}.sha256
+            certutil -hashfile mergen_installer_windows_amd64.exe SHA256 | grep -v "hash" | head -n 1 > mergen_installer_windows_amd64.exe.sha256
           else
             shasum -a 256 ${{ matrix.name }} > ${{ matrix.name }}.sha256
           fi
@@ -86,7 +89,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: ${{ matrix.name }}
-          path: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          path: |
+            ${{ matrix.name }}
+            ${{ matrix.name }}.sha256
+            mergen_installer_windows_amd64.exe
+            mergen_installer_windows_amd64.exe.sha256
 
   release:
     needs: build

build/windows/installer/project.nsi

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ Unicode true
 ## !define PRODUCT_EXECUTABLE  "Application.exe"      # Default "${INFO_PROJECTNAME}.exe"
 ## !define UNINST_KEY_NAME     "UninstKeyInRegistry"  # Default "${INFO_COMPANYNAME}${INFO_PRODUCTNAME}"
 ####
-## !define REQUEST_EXECUTION_LEVEL "admin"            # Default "admin"  see also https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Docs/Chapter4.html
+!define REQUEST_EXECUTION_LEVEL "user"            # Default "admin"  see also https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Docs/Chapter4.html
 ####
 ## Include the wails tools
 ####
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ ManifestDPIAware true
 
 Name "${INFO_PRODUCTNAME}"
 OutFile "..\..\bin\${INFO_PROJECTNAME}-${ARCH}-installer.exe" # Name of the installer's file.
-InstallDir "$PROGRAMFILES64\${INFO_COMPANYNAME}\${INFO_PRODUCTNAME}" # Default installing folder ($PROGRAMFILES is Program Files folder).
+InstallDir "$LOCALAPPDATA\${INFO_COMPANYNAME}\${INFO_PRODUCTNAME}" # Default installing folder ($PROGRAMFILES is Program Files folder).
 ShowInstDetails show # This will always show the installation details.
 
 Function .onInit