From c3f809a586dcdb41a78f49be0b7b7de07b23d780 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Micheal Wilkinson <micheal.wilkinson@createfuture.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:46:54 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] chore(release): add UPX compression for linux artifacts

---
 .gitea/workflows/tag-build-artifacts.yml | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/tag-build-artifacts.yml b/.gitea/workflows/tag-build-artifacts.yml
index 9cf41af..f5c7ecf 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/tag-build-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/tag-build-artifacts.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,26 @@ jobs:
           cache: true
           cache-dependency-path: go.sum
 
+      - name: Install UPX
+        uses: crazy-max/ghaction-upx@v3
+        with:
+          install-only: true
+
       - name: Build binary
         run: |
           mkdir -p dist
+          output="dist/gosick_${{ matrix.goos }}_${{ matrix.goarch }}"
           GOOS=${{ matrix.goos }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.goarch }} CGO_ENABLED=0 \
-            go build -o dist/gosick_${{ matrix.goos }}_${{ matrix.goarch }} ./cmd/homesick
+            go build -o "$output" ./cmd/homesick
+
+      - name: Compress binary with UPX
+        if: ${{ matrix.goos == 'linux' }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          output="dist/gosick_${{ matrix.goos }}_${{ matrix.goarch }}"
+          if ! upx --best --lzma "$output"; then
+            echo "::warning::UPX compression failed for ${output}; continuing with uncompressed binary"
+          fi
 
       - name: Package artifact
         run: |