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Release Build

Building Chatterino isn't always straight forward. To build it for my system in my desired configuration, I created a small script, that should run inside the cloned repository. It builds from the current branch but makes sure it's up-to-date.

  • Conan2 is used for managing dependencies.
  • Plugins are enabled
  • LTO is enabled
  • Crashpad is enabled
  • Debug info is generated (and installed)

Qt is assumed to be installed by the Qt Maintenance Tool (msvc2022_64 is expected in the Qt directory - requires 6.8 or later).

The following parameters can be specified:

  • -QtVersion <version> Specifies the version of Qt to use (default: 6.8.0)
  • -QtPath <path> Specifies the path to Qt (default: G:\QT)
  • -InstallDir <dir> Specifies the directory to install the build in (default: D:\Chatterino7)
  • -NoInstall If specified, skips the installation/deployment
chatterino/build.ps1
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param (
    [string] $QtVersion = "6.8.0",
    [string] $QtPath = "G:\QT",
    [string] $InstallDir = "D:\Chatterino7",
    [switch] $NoInstall,
    [switch] $NoClean
)

$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop";
function RequireOk {
    if (-not $?) {
        Pop-Location
        throw "Non-Zero exit code";
    }
}

if ($null -eq $ENV:VSINSTALLDIR) {
    Write-Output "Setting VS env";
    & vcvars.ps1;
    RequireOk;
}

git pull --ff-only;
RequireOk;
git submodule update --init --recursive;
RequireOk;

if (-not $NoClean) {
    Remove-Item -Recurse -Force build;
    mkdir build;
}
Push-Location build;

conan install .. `
    --output-folder=. `
    -b missing `
    -c tools.cmake.cmaketoolchain:generator=Ninja `
    -s build_type=RelWithDebInfo;
RequireOk;

cmake .. `
    -G Ninja `
    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo `
    -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$QtPath\$QtVersion\msvc2022_64" `
    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="conan_toolchain.cmake" `
    -DBUILD_WITH_CRASHPAD=On `
    -DCHATTERINO_PLUGINS=On `
    -DUSE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS=On `
    -DCHATTERINO_LTO=On;
RequireOk;

ninja -j6;
RequireOk;

if (-not $NoInstall) {
    $running = Get-Process -Name "chatterino" -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue;
    if ($running) {
        Stop-Process $running.Id;
    }

    # XXX: wait for chatterino to be fully closed
    for ($i = 0; $i -lt 5; $i++) {
        cmake --install . --prefix "$InstallDir";
        if ($?) {
            break;
        }
    }
    RequireOk;
    Copy-Item -Force bin/chatterino.pdb "$InstallDir\.";

    if ($running) {
        Start-Process "$InstallDir\chatterino.exe";
    }
}

Pop-Location;

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