development

prerequisites

see here for the list of software required to build / develope the app.

setup

then, make sure to install app dependencies:

$ pnpm install

run

now you should be able to run the app in development mode:

$ pnpm tauri dev

building

to build the app in production mode, run:

$ pnpm tauri build

releasing

Building is done via GitHub Action. Go to the link and select Run workflow from the desired branch.

versioning

When running the release action, you will have to choose one of major, minor, or patch release type. Action will generate a new version based on your input and current version found at https://app.gitbutler.com/releases.

publishing

To publish a version that you've just build, use Release Manager.

runners

Note that to build an arm64 macos app, you need to make sure that there is at least one self-hosted runner with macos-aarch64 label is online here.

If you are a lucky owner of an arm64 macos machine, feel free to run it yourself. Make sure to label it with macos-aarch64.