CI: Add GH Action workflow to build most targets.

.github/workflows/build.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+name: Build Test Targets
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches: '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build-py-script:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-13, windows-2019]
+        gcc: ['6-2016-q4', 'latest']
+        cmake: ['3.6.0', '']  # Empty string installs the latest CMake release
+        target: ['-t']  # Build all test targets
+        # Some targets don't compile with some dependency versions, so they're excluded from
+        # the test targets, but specific environments can be set up to build them successfully
+        include:
+          # Affected by the issue described in this PR for a different target:
+          # https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-core/pull/165
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-jacdac-feather'
+          # Not all arm-none-eabi-gcc versions define u_int8_t, u_int16_t, u_int32_t
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-stm32-iot-node'
+          # Affected by these issues:
+          # https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-circuit-playground/issues/11
+          # https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-circuit-playground/issues/12
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-circuit-playground'
+          # Affected by this issue reported for another target:
+          # https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-circuit-playground/issues/11
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-makeable'
+          # Affected by this issue reported for another target:
+          # https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-circuit-playground/issues/11
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-big-brainpad'
+          # Requires CMake 3.13 or higher
+          - os: ubuntu-20.04
+            gcc: '10-2020-q4'
+            cmake: '3.24.3'
+            target: 'codal-pi-pico'
+      fail-fast: false
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: "T ${{ matrix.target }}: ${{ matrix.os }}, gcc ${{ matrix.gcc }}, cmake ${{ matrix.cmake || 'latest'}}"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.7'
+      - name: Setup arm-none-eabi-gcc ${{ matrix.gcc }}
+        uses: carlosperate/arm-none-eabi-gcc-action@v1
+        with:
+          release: ${{ matrix.gcc }}
+      - name: Setup CMake ${{ matrix.cmake }}
+        uses: jwlawson/actions-setup-cmake@v2
+        with:
+          cmake-version: ${{ matrix.cmake }}
+      - name: Install Ninja via PyPI
+        run: python -m pip install ninja
+      - name: Check Versions
+        run: |
+          arm-none-eabi-gcc --version
+          cmake --version
+          ninja --version
+          python --version
+      - name: Build all test platforms
+        run: python build.py ${{ matrix.target }}

build.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
 import os
-import sys
+import stat
 import optparse
 import platform
 import json
@@ -138,9 +138,9 @@
     exit(0)
 
 for json_obj in test_json:
-
-    # some platforms aren't supported by travis, ignore them when testing.
-    if "test_ignore" in json_obj:
+    print("\n{}\nBuilding Target: {}\n{}".format("#" * 80, json_obj["name"], "#" * 80), flush=True)
+    # some platforms aren't supported in CI, ignore them when testing.
+    if "test_ignore" in json_obj and json_obj["test_ignore"] == True:
         print("ignoring: " + json_obj["name"])
         continue
 
@@ -149,7 +149,11 @@
 
     # clean libs
     if os.path.exists("../libraries"):
-        shutil.rmtree('../libraries')
+        # On Windows git creates read only files inside .git folder which can fail rmtree
+        def set_writable(function, path, excinfo):
+            os.chmod(path, stat.S_IWRITE)
+            function(path)
+        shutil.rmtree("../libraries", onerror=set_writable)
 
     # configure the target and tests...
     config = {

utils/targets.json

@@ -13,12 +13,13 @@
         "info":"This target specifies the circuit playground which is driven by a SAMD21.",
         "device_url":"https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333",
         "url":"https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-circuit-playground",
-        "branch":"master",
-        "type":"git"
+        "branch":"v2.0.4",
+        "type":"git",
+        "test_ignore":true
     },
     {
         "name":"codal-microbit",
-        "info":"This target specifies the microbit, which uses the nordic NRF51822.",
+        "info":"This target specifies the BBC micro:bit V1, which uses the nordic NRF51822.",
         "device_url":"https://microbit.org",
         "url":"https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-microbit",
         "test_ignore":true,
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@
         "device_url":"",
         "url":"https://github.com/ElectronicCats/codal-mkr1300",
         "branch":"master",
-        "type":"git",
-        "test_ignore":true
+        "type":"git"
     },
     {
         "name":"codal-jacdac-feather",
@@ -96,19 +96,28 @@
     },
     {
         "name":"codal-microbit-v2",
-        "info":"This target specifies the micro:bit V2, based on the nordic NRF52833",
-        "device_url":"",
+        "info":"This target specifies the BBC micro:bit V2, based on the nordic NRF52833",
+        "device_url":"https://microbit.org",
         "url":"https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-microbit-v2",
         "branch":"master",
         "type":"git"
-    }
-    ,
+    },
     {
         "name":"codal-makeable",
         "info":"This target specifies the makeable board, based on the nordic NRF52833",
         "device_url":"",
         "url":"https://github.com/jamesadevine/codal-makeable",
         "branch":"main",
-        "type":"git"
+        "type":"git",
+        "test_ignore":true
+    },
+    {
+        "name":"codal-pi-pico",
+        "info":"This target specifies the Raspberry Pi Pico board.",
+        "device_url":"",
+        "url":"https://github.com/lancaster-university/codal-pi-pico",
+        "branch":"master",
+        "type":"git",
+        "test_ignore":true
     }
 ]