Publish desktop releases to a self-hosted dnf repo

scripts/rpm-publish.sh builds the RPM, signs it and the repo metadata
with a dedicated GPG key, and adds it to a dnf repo in a given directory,
keeping the newest three versions for downgrades. The directory holds
nothing secret, so it can be served as is.

Both publish scripts now share the version scheme in
scripts/lib/release-version.sh: <major>.<minor>.<commit count>, plain
enough for RPM, MSI and semver alike. Android's versionCode stays the
commit count.

Fixes the publish scripts failing under set -u when the repo URL
variable isn't set, which is every run after the first. tauri.conf.json
now declares the license and homepage for the package metadata.
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2026-10-13 22:05:17 -05:00
parent 348a950489
commit 8d510b8ffd
6 changed files with 279 additions and 8 deletions

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@@ -91,6 +91,53 @@ Notes:
- The `[profile.release]` settings in `Cargo.toml` (strip + LTO) make the release
build take a few minutes but keep the binary small.
### Distributing to Fedora (dnf repo)
Fedora machines get the app, and its updates, from a small dnf repo you host
yourself. `scripts/rpm-publish.sh` builds a signed RPM and adds it to the repo
in a directory you choose. It needs:
```bash
sudo dnf install rpm-sign createrepo_c
```
The first run also makes the package signing key. Give it the address the
directory will be served at:
```bash
RPM_REPO_URL=https://rpm.example.com/mtgc ./scripts/rpm-publish.sh --init-key ~/rpm-mtgc
```
After that, publishing is just:
```bash
./scripts/rpm-publish.sh ~/rpm-mtgc # or: npm run rpm:publish -- ~/rpm-mtgc
```
Then, on each machine, add the repo once and install:
```bash
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://rpm.example.com/mtgc/mtgc.repo
```
```bash
sudo dnf install mtgc
```
From then on, `sudo dnf upgrade` picks up new releases.
- **Serve the whole directory.** Unlike the F-Droid repo, nothing in it is
secret. It holds the RPMs, the signed `repodata/`, the public key
(`RPM-GPG-KEY-mtgc`) and `mtgc.repo`. The newest three versions are kept, so
a bad release can be undone with `sudo dnf downgrade mtgc`.
- **Back up the signing key**, `~/.local/share/mtgc/gnupg`. It has no
passphrase, so publishing runs unattended. Without it, each machine has to
trust a new key before it takes another update.
- Versions work as on Android: `0.1.<commits on HEAD>`, see
[Distributing to phones](#distributing-to-phones-f-droid).
- The RPM is built against this machine's libraries, so it installs on this
Fedora release and newer.
## Using it
- **Add Cards** — type a name (typos OK); ↑/↓ then Enter adds a copy.
@@ -401,8 +448,9 @@ Repositories**.
installs an update signed with the same key as the installed app, so
without the app key every phone would have to uninstall and reinstall.
- **Versions are automatic.** The Android versionCode is the number of commits
on `HEAD`, and the version shown is e.g. `0.1.0-44-gece21c1`, so any commit
can ship without a bump. That's also why pushed history shouldn't be
on `HEAD`, and the version shown is `0.1.<that count>`, e.g. `0.1.47`, so
any commit can ship without a bump. The major and minor come from
`tauri.conf.json`. That's also why pushed history shouldn't be
rewritten. The script won't publish uncommitted changes without
`--allow-dirty`, or a versionCode the repo already has.
- A phone with a debug build, or anything signed with another key, has to

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@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
"tauri": "tauri",
"sync-server:build": "scripts/sync-server-image.sh build",
"sync-server:push": "scripts/sync-server-image.sh push",
"android:publish": "scripts/fdroid-publish.sh"
"android:publish": "scripts/fdroid-publish.sh",
"rpm:publish": "scripts/rpm-publish.sh"
},
"dependencies": {
"@tauri-apps/api": "^2",

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@@ -108,10 +108,10 @@ fi
# The versionCode is the commit count, so every commit on main can ship with no
# manual bump and F-Droid sees each one as newer than the last.
version_code="$(git rev-list --count HEAD)"
base_version="$(node -p "require('./src-tauri/tauri.conf.json').version")"
version_name="$base_version-$version_code-g$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)"
if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
source scripts/lib/release-version.sh
version_code="$release_count"
version_name="$release_version"
if $release_dirty; then
if ! $allow_dirty; then
err "the working tree has uncommitted changes; commit them or pass --allow-dirty"
exit 1
@@ -121,7 +121,8 @@ fi
# --- 4. The repo, the first time --------------------------------------------
repo_url="${FDROID_REPO_URL%/}"
repo_url="${FDROID_REPO_URL:-}"
repo_url="${repo_url%/}"
case "$repo_url" in
"" | */repo) ;;
*) err "FDROID_REPO_URL must end in /repo (fdroidserver requires it), e.g. $repo_url/repo"; exit 1 ;;

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@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
# release-version.sh — the version every published build carries.
#
# SOURCE this from the repo root. It sets:
#
# release_count commits on HEAD; only ever goes up on main
# release_version <major>.<minor>.<release_count>, e.g. 0.1.47
# release_dirty true when tracked files have uncommitted changes
#
# Major and minor come from tauri.conf.json; the patch is the commit count, so
# any commit can ship without a manual bump, and the number is plain enough for
# every package format (Android versionCode, RPM, MSI, semver).
release_count="$(git rev-list --count HEAD)"
release_version="$(node -p "require('./src-tauri/tauri.conf.json').version.split('.').slice(0, 2).join('.')").$release_count"
release_dirty=false
if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain --untracked-files=no)" ]; then
release_dirty=true
fi

201
scripts/rpm-publish.sh Executable file
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@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
#!/usr/bin/env bash
#
# rpm-publish.sh — build a signed RPM of the desktop app and add it to a dnf repo.
#
# Usage:
# RPM_REPO_URL=https://rpm.example.com/mtgc \
# ./scripts/rpm-publish.sh --init-key ~/rpm-mtgc # first time
# ./scripts/rpm-publish.sh ~/rpm-mtgc # every release after
#
# Or through npm: `npm run rpm:publish -- ~/rpm-mtgc`.
#
# Options:
# --init-key generate the package signing key (once, ever)
# --allow-dirty publish uncommitted changes; the RPM release becomes 0.dirty
#
# Environment:
# MTGC_RPM_DIR repo directory, if not given as an argument
# RPM_REPO_URL public address of the repo directory; needed the first time,
# and changes the address in mtgc.repo if set later
# MTGC_RPM_GNUPGHOME where --init-key keeps the key (default ~/.local/share/mtgc/gnupg)
#
# The whole repo directory is public — the signing key lives elsewhere — so
# serve it as is. Needs rpm-sign and createrepo_c (`sudo dnf install rpm-sign
# createrepo_c`) and the desktop setup from ./scripts/devel-setup.sh.
#
set -euo pipefail
usage() {
sed -n '3,25p' "$0" | sed 's/^# \{0,1\}//'
exit "${1:-0}"
}
info() { printf '\033[1;34m==>\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
warn() { printf '\033[1;33m[warn]\033[0m %s\n' "$*"; }
err() { printf '\033[1;31m[err]\033[0m %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
PACKAGE="mtgc"
GNUPGHOME="${MTGC_RPM_GNUPGHOME:-$HOME/.local/share/mtgc/gnupg}"
KEEP=3 # versions kept in the repo, so a bad release can be downgraded from
init_key=false
allow_dirty=false
dir="${MTGC_RPM_DIR:-}"
while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
case "$1" in
--init-key) init_key=true ;;
--allow-dirty) allow_dirty=true ;;
-h | --help) usage ;;
-*) usage 1 ;;
*) dir="$1" ;;
esac
shift
done
[ -n "$dir" ] || usage 1
mkdir -p "$dir"
dir="$(cd "$dir" && pwd)"
repo_root="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/.." && pwd)"
cd "$repo_root"
# --- 1. Tools ---------------------------------------------------------------
for tool in rpmsign createrepo_c gpg; do
if ! command -v "$tool" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
err "$tool not found. Install them: sudo dnf install rpm-sign createrepo_c"
exit 1
fi
done
# --- 2. Package signing key -------------------------------------------------
#
# A key of its own in its own keyring, with no passphrase so publishing runs
# unattended. Every machine trusts it once, when it adds the repo; lose it and
# each one has to import a new key before it takes another update.
gpg_() { gpg --homedir "$GNUPGHOME" --batch "$@"; }
key_fpr() { gpg_ --list-secret-keys --with-colons 2>/dev/null | awk -F: '/^fpr/ { print $10; exit }'; }
if $init_key; then
if [ -n "$(key_fpr)" ]; then
err "a signing key already exists in $GNUPGHOME; not making another"
exit 1
fi
info "generating the package signing key in $GNUPGHOME"
mkdir -p "$GNUPGHOME"
chmod 700 "$GNUPGHOME"
gpg_ --pinentry-mode loopback --passphrase '' \
--quick-gen-key "mtgc packages" rsa4096 sign never 2>/dev/null
warn "Back up $GNUPGHOME."
warn "Without it, every machine has to trust a new key before it takes another update."
fi
fpr="$(key_fpr)"
if [ -z "$fpr" ]; then
err "no package signing key in $GNUPGHOME. Run once with --init-key."
exit 1
fi
# --- 3. Version -------------------------------------------------------------
source scripts/lib/release-version.sh
release=1
if $release_dirty; then
if ! $allow_dirty; then
err "the working tree has uncommitted changes; commit them or pass --allow-dirty"
exit 1
fi
release=0.dirty
fi
# --- 4. The repo's address --------------------------------------------------
repo_url="${RPM_REPO_URL:-}"
repo_url="${repo_url%/}"
case "$repo_url" in
"" | http://* | https://*) ;;
*) err "RPM_REPO_URL must be an http(s):// address"; exit 1 ;;
esac
if [ -z "$repo_url" ] && [ ! -f "$dir/$PACKAGE.repo" ]; then
err "no repo in $dir yet; set RPM_REPO_URL to the address $dir will be served at"
exit 1
fi
if [ -n "$repo_url" ]; then
cat >"$dir/$PACKAGE.repo" <<EOF
[$PACKAGE]
name=mtgc
baseurl=$repo_url
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=$repo_url/RPM-GPG-KEY-$PACKAGE
EOF
fi
gpg_ --armor --export "$fpr" >"$dir/RPM-GPG-KEY-$PACKAGE"
# --- 5. Only ever move forward ----------------------------------------------
newest=0
for rpm_file in "$dir/$PACKAGE"-*.rpm; do
[ -e "$rpm_file" ] || continue
patch="$(rpm -qp --qf '%{VERSION}' "$rpm_file" 2>/dev/null)"
patch="${patch##*.}"
[ "$patch" -gt "$newest" ] && newest="$patch"
done
if [ "$release_count" -le "$newest" ]; then
err "version $release_version is not newer than the repo's x.y.$newest; commit something first"
exit 1
fi
# --- 6. Build and sign ------------------------------------------------------
info "building $release_version-$release"
outputs="target/release/bundle/rpm"
rm -rf "$outputs"
cargo tauri build --bundles rpm --ci \
--config "{\"version\":\"$release_version\",\"bundle\":{\"linux\":{\"rpm\":{\"release\":\"$release\"}}}}"
built="$(find "$outputs" -name '*.rpm' | head -1)"
if [ -z "$built" ]; then
err "the build produced no RPM under $outputs"
exit 1
fi
rpmsign --addsign --define "_gpg_path $GNUPGHOME" --define "_gpg_name $fpr" "$built" >/dev/null
# --- 7. Publish -------------------------------------------------------------
update_metadata() {
createrepo_c --quiet --update "$dir" &&
gpg_ --yes --local-user "$fpr" --armor --detach-sign "$dir/repodata/repomd.xml"
}
published="$dir/$(basename "$built")"
cp "$built" "$published"
info "updating the repo metadata"
if ! update_metadata; then
# Take the RPM back out, or the next run would think it's already published.
rm -f "$published"
update_metadata || true
err "updating the repo metadata failed; nothing was published"
exit 1
fi
# Drop all but the newest few versions.
mapfile -t old < <(find "$dir" -maxdepth 1 -name "$PACKAGE-*.rpm" | sort -V | head -n -"$KEEP")
if [ "${#old[@]}" -gt 0 ]; then
rm -f "${old[@]}"
update_metadata
fi
# --- 8. How to use it -------------------------------------------------------
info "published $release_version-$release"
repo_file_url="$(sed -n 's/^baseurl=//p' "$dir/$PACKAGE.repo")/$PACKAGE.repo"
cat <<EOF
Serve $dir at $(sed -n 's/^baseurl=//p' "$dir/$PACKAGE.repo"). On each machine, once:
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=$repo_file_url
sudo dnf install $PACKAGE
After that, \`sudo dnf upgrade\` picks up new releases.
EOF

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@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
"bundle": {
"active": true,
"targets": ["deb", "rpm"],
"license": "MIT",
"homepage": "https://code.garrettmills.dev/garrettmills/mtgc",
"icon": [
"icons/32x32.png",
"icons/128x128.png",