setup for nightly build on linux

.github/workflows/Linux.yml

@@ -27,15 +27,13 @@ jobs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         if [ "${{matrix.precision}}" == "double_precision" ]; then
-          echo  ::set-output name=version::"$(cat ML_VERSION)d"
           echo  ::set-output name=artifact_suffix::"_double"
         else
-          echo  ::set-output name=version::"$(cat ML_VERSION)"
           echo  ::set-output name=artifact_suffix::""
         fi
     - name: Configure and Build
       run: |
-        sh scripts/${{ runner.os }}/1_build.sh --${{ matrix.precision }}
+        sh scripts/${{ runner.os }}/1_build.sh --${{ matrix.precision }} --nightly
     - name: Deploy
       run: |
         sh scripts/${{ runner.os }}/2_deploy.sh
@@ -61,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
       with:
         name: meshlab_linux_appimage${{steps.envs.outputs.artifact_suffix}}
-        path: src/MeshLab${{steps.envs.outputs.version}}-linux.AppImage
+        path: src/MeshLab*.AppImage
     #- name: Upload MeshLab deb
     #  uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
     #  with:

scripts/Linux/1_build.sh

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ BUILD_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/build
 INSTALL_PATH=$SOURCE_PATH/install/usr/
 CORES="-j4"
 DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION=""
+NIGHTLY_OPTION=""
 
 #check parameters
 for i in "$@"
@@ -39,6 +40,10 @@ case $i in
     DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION="-DBUILD_WITH_DOUBLE_SCALAR=ON"
     shift # past argument=value
     ;;
+    --nightly)
+    NIGHTLY_OPTION="-DMESHLAB_IS_NIGHTLY_VERSION=ON"
+    shift # past argument=value
+    ;;
     *)
           # unknown option
     ;;
@@ -61,6 +66,6 @@ BUILD_PATH=$(realpath $BUILD_PATH)
 INSTALL_PATH=$(realpath $INSTALL_PATH)
 
 cd $BUILD_PATH
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_PATH $DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION $SOURCE_PATH
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=MinSizeRel -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$INSTALL_PATH $DOUBLE_PRECISION_OPTION $NIGHTLY_OPTION $SOURCE_PATH
 make $CORES
 make install

scripts/Linux/3_appimage.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 
 SCRIPTS_PATH="$(dirname "$(realpath "$0")")"
 INSTALL_PATH=$SCRIPTS_PATH/../../src/install
-ML_VERSION=$(cat $SCRIPTS_PATH/../../ML_VERSION)
 
 
 #checking for parameters
@@ -34,6 +33,13 @@ done
 
 PARENT_NAME="$(dirname $INSTALL_PATH)"
 
+#get version
+IFS=' ' #space delimiter
+STR_VERSION=$($INSTALL_PATH/usr/bin/meshlab --version)
+read -a strarr <<< "$STR_VERSION"
+ML_VERSION=${strarr[1]} #get the meshlab version from the string
+
+
 export VERSION=$ML_VERSION
 
 $SCRIPTS_PATH/resources/appimagetool $INSTALL_PATH