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Priyanshu Agarwal
Priyanshu Agarwal

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Using GitHub Actions - Publish sdist on PyPi

My Workflow

How boring would it be to build a software distribution of the package and upload it to PyPi after each release? This is where this workflow comes into play, automating tedious and repetitive tasks.

I created a workflow to automatically build the Python software distribution and publish it on PyPi after every release.

Building wheels is very tricky and often fails due to unforeseen circumstances. This workflow is triggered only after the wheel building procedure has been successfully completed. The sdist (software distribution) can also be tested on TestPyPi before releasing the sdist to production via workflow dispatch.

Actions used

  • actions/checkout
  • actions/setup-python
  • actions/upload-artifact
  • actions/download-artifact
  • pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish

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Additional Resources / Info

This workflow is currently being utilized by PyBaMM to build their software distribution on PyPi, which is then picked up by the web service of conda-forge, which bumps the version of PyBaMM on conda-forge automatically.

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