Is there a way in which I can automate the packaging of a Desktop Compose app using a CI agent? I've...

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[Omnieboer]

Is there a way in which I can automate the packaging of a Desktop Compose app using a CI agent? I've been trying to use a Gitlab-ci Runner.
My goal is to automatically make an msi when I push to a certain branch. As far as I understand, one can't use packageMsi from a linux context, so there goes the docker runner. I've been trying to get it done with a windows-docker executor, but that doesn't seem to be able to reach gradle, and I don't think a win-gradle image exists on Docker Hub (at least I couldn't find one).
I'm sorry if this has been asked before.

[Big Chungus]

Use GitHub actions if you can. They have runners for all three main OSes that are not docker based. Combine that with matrix builds and you get a very smooth setup to get binaries for all platforms.

[Big Chungus]

If you're happy with manual triggers, you could get away with an empty github repo that checks out your main gitlab repo to do stuff

[Big Chungus]

I used to love gitlab, but I found their ci/cd strategy very ugly...

[Big Chungus]

Alternatively, you could just use gradle wrapper under win-docker, which will automatically setup required gradle version for you (it does need a jvm present, though)

[Omnieboer]

Since I'm using a self-managed Gitlab, this last option seems most alluring. But I am wasn't able to find that options. Or is there a relevant difference between "Gradle" and "Gradle Wrapper"? In that case, I will return to my research : )

[Omnieboer]

I thought that specific option wasn't possible, because of answers liks this: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42875510/cant-build-docker-image-via-gradle-on-windows-10

[Big Chungus]

I simply meant to use ./gradlew build instead of gradle build

[Big Chungus]

Google around gradle wrapper

[Omnieboer]

Thank you 😄