Add automated winget package submission #142

Copilot · 2026-01-22T18:23:24Z

Automates submission of semver-cli releases to the Windows Package Manager (winget) repository.

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Manifest Templates (manifests/):

Created three template files with __PLACEHOLDER__ syntax for variable substitution
Files: installer.yaml, locale.en-US.yaml, version.yaml
Package identifier: Optum.semver-cli
Templates are versioned in the repository for testability

Scripts (scripts/):

winget-package.sh: Packages Windows binary into ZIP and generates manifests
- --release flag: Downloads from GitHub release (extracts exe from tar.gz, creates zip)
- Local mode (default): Uses local build from bin/semver.exe
- SHA256 hash calculated using bash (sha256sum/shasum)
- Generates manifests via sed replacement from templates
winget-publish.sh: Validates and publishes manifests to microsoft/winget-pkgs
- --dry-run flag: Validates manifests without creating PR (for testing)
- --release flag: Indicates release mode for real publishing
- Validates with winget validate when available
- Creates PR to microsoft/winget-pkgs repository

Publish Workflow (.github/workflows/publish.yml):

New winget job on windows-latest runner that:
- Runs winget-package.sh --release to download and package from GitHub release
- Uploads ZIP as release asset to GitHub
- Runs winget-publish.sh --release to create PR to microsoft/winget-pkgs
- Only runs on actual releases (non-prerelease)

Checks Workflow (.github/workflows/checks.yml):

Added winget-check job for PR testing on windows-latest
Compiles Windows binary locally
Tests winget-package.sh in local mode
Tests winget-publish.sh --dry-run for validation
Never uses --release flag

Version Management (.github/version.yml):

Added regex patterns to auto-update PackageVersion in all three manifest templates

Documentation (README.md):

Added winget installation section with package identifier Optum.semver-cli

Behavior

Triggers on release publish (non-prerelease only). Downloads Windows exe from release assets, packages into ZIP, generates manifests from templates, and submits PR to microsoft/winget-pkgs for review. Users can install via winget install Optum.semver-cli after Microsoft approval.

The scripts can be tested locally and in PRs via the checks workflow, ensuring manifests are valid before release.

Original prompt

This section details on the original issue you should resolve

<issue_title>feature: Add packages to winget</issue_title>
<issue_description>## Feature Request

When a new version is created package and submit it to the winget repository.

Package .exe into an installer of some kind

Update winget manifest as needed

Run on a windows build agent to run winget tool

Automatically generate PR in winget gitops repo

Docs

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/package-manager/package/</issue_description>

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Fixes feature: Add packages to winget #44

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CLAassistant · 2026-01-22T18:23:36Z

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justinmchase

@copilot Please address the following review comments.

We need to be able to test these out in every PR and locally before we get to the publish workflow.

So, can you put these files somewhere into the local file system and instead of inlining them all right from the action use some basic replacements to replace the variable elements of the files.

Also please add a scripts/ folder and add two scripts:

winget-package.sh
winget-publish.sh

Please add a --dry-run flag to the publish step so it does everything except creates a pull request with the remote repo.

Please add a --release flag to both scripts, which when the flag is specified it would use a github release to publish but when its not available its just using the local file system to hold the packages.

Please update the following workflows...

publish.yml

should run winget-package.sh and winget-publish.sh scripts
should pass --release flag if github.event_name == 'release'
Should pass --dry-run if inputs.prerelease is true

checks.yml

should run winget-package.sh and winget-publish.sh in addition to everything else its already doing
Should never send --release flag
Should always pass the --dry-run flag

justinmchase · 2026-02-03T00:40:42Z

.github/workflows/publish.yml

+          gh release download "${VERSION}" --pattern "${asset_name}" --dir assets --repo Optum/semver-cli
+
+          # Calculate SHA256 (PowerShell command via bash, convert to lowercase)
+          sha=$(powershell -Command "(Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 assets/${asset_name}).Hash.ToLower()")


@copilot Can you do this without powershell? I don't think its necessary you should be able to do it right from bash directly.

Done! Removed PowerShell dependency in commit 2ff7692. Now using bash's sha256sum or shasum commands directly in the winget-package.sh script.

justinmchase · 2026-02-03T00:44:28Z

README.md

+## Winget (Windows Package Manager)
+
+```sh
+winget install Optum.semver


Can you make the packages name semver-cli in winget instead of Optum.semver?

Done! Changed package name from Optum.semver to Optum.semver-cli in commit 2ff7692. Updated in all manifest templates and README.md.

justinmchase · 2026-02-03T00:53:47Z

.github/workflows/publish.yml

+          EOF
+
+          # Generate the locale manifest
+          cat > "${manifest_dir}/Optum.semver.locale.en-US.yaml" << EOF


Please move these files to be files in the repo in a manifests directory.

Done! Moved manifest files to the repo in commit 2ff7692. Created manifests/ directory with template files that use __PLACEHOLDER__ syntax for variable replacement during packaging.

justinmchase · 2026-02-03T00:54:37Z

.github/workflows/publish.yml

+          - deno
+          ReleaseNotesUrl: https://github.com/Optum/semver-cli/releases/tag/${VERSION}
+          ManifestType: defaultLocale
+          ManifestVersion: 1.6.0


All of these versions need to be added to the .github/versions.yml file so they are updated when semver-cli version changes.

Done! Added version patterns to .github/version.yml in commit 2ff7692. Added three regexp patterns to update PackageVersion in all three manifest template files.

justinmchase · 2026-02-03T00:56:12Z

.github/workflows/publish.yml

+        if: github.event_name == 'release' && matrix.target.name == 'x86_64-pc-windows-msvc'
+        run: |
+          cd bin
+          zip $APP_NAME.${{ matrix.target.name }}.zip ${APP_NAME}.exe


Don't do this here, we're already uploading the exe file as an asset, if you need it zipped for winget then do it in the package step after you download the asset.

Done! Removed ZIP creation from assets job in commit 2ff7692. Now the winget-package.sh script downloads the .exe from the release asset (tar.gz), extracts it, and creates the ZIP file. The ZIP is then uploaded as a separate release asset by the winget job.

Co-authored-by: justinmchase <10974+justinmchase@users.noreply.github.com>

Copilot · 2026-02-03T01:00:17Z

@copilot Please address the following review comments.

We need to be able to test these out in every PR and locally before we get to the publish workflow....

Done! Refactored the winget integration in commit 2ff7692:

Created:

manifests/ directory with template files (installer.yaml, locale.en-US.yaml, version.yaml)
scripts/winget-package.sh with --release flag support
scripts/winget-publish.sh with --dry-run and --release flags

Updated:

publish.yml - uses scripts with --release flag when github.event_name == 'release'
checks.yml - added winget-check job that compiles Windows binary and runs both scripts with --dry-run (never with --release)

The scripts now work with local builds (default) or GitHub releases (with --release flag). Manifests use templating with simple sed replacements.

Co-authored-by: justinmchase <10974+justinmchase@users.noreply.github.com>

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Add winget package submission support

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Fix winget manifest directory paths and validation

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Copilot AI changed the title ~~[WIP] Add packages to winget repository~~ Add automated winget package submission Jan 22, 2026

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Refactor winget integration to use scripts and manifest templates

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Copilot AI and others added 2 commits February 3, 2026 01:01

Fix winget job conditions and remove unnecessary conditionals

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Add permissions block to winget-check job

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