feat(icon): use custom Liquid Glass icon for Emacs.app

Use EmacsLG1 icon from in all builds: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-liquid-glass-icons
chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.62
2026-02-19 10:46:40 +00:00 · 2025-09-14 21:17:17 +01:00 · 2025-09-14 12:27:23 +01:00 · 2025-09-10 19:31:06 +01:00 · 2025-08-13 01:43:28 +01:00 · 2025-06-28 16:46:45 +01:00
7 changed files with 92 additions and 87 deletions
--- a/.github/workflows/_build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build.yml
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@ on:
        type: string
      builder_ref:
        description: "Git ref to checkout of build-emacs-for-macos"
-        required: true
+        required: false
        type: string
      builder_args:
        description: Custom arguments passed to build script
        required: false
        default: ""
        type: string
+      build_variant:
+        description: "Optional build number used as version suffix"
+        required: false
+        type: string
      test_build_name:
        description: "Test build name"
        required: false
@@ -65,6 +69,7 @@ jobs:
      git_ref: ${{ inputs.git_ref }}
      git_sha: ${{ inputs.git_sha }}
      build_args: ${{ inputs.builder_args }}
+      build_variant: ${{ inputs.build_variant }}
      test_build_name: ${{ inputs.test_build_name }}
      test_release_type: ${{ inputs.test_release_type }}
    secrets: inherit
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ jobs:
      git_ref: ${{ inputs.git_ref }}
      git_sha: ${{ inputs.git_sha }}
      build_args: ${{ inputs.builder_args }}
+      build_variant: ${{ inputs.build_variant }}
      test_build_name: ${{ inputs.test_build_name }}
      test_release_type: ${{ inputs.test_release_type }}
    secrets: inherit
--- a/.github/workflows/_build_emacs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_build_emacs.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ on:
        description: Custom arguments passed to build script
        type: string
        required: false
+      build_variant:
+        description: "Optional build number used as version suffix"
+        type: string
+        required: false
      test_build_name:
        description: "Test build name"
        type: string
@@ -66,8 +70,8 @@ jobs:
          path: bin
      - name: Ensure emacs-builder is executable
        run: chmod +x bin/emacs-builder
-      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@v29
-      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@v5
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@v32
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@v6
        with:
          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/flake.*') }}
      - name: Install dependencies
@@ -77,6 +81,11 @@ jobs:
        if: inputs.test_build_name != ''
        run: >-
          echo "args=--test-build '${{ inputs.test_build_name }}' --test-release-type '${{ inputs.test_release_type }}'" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Prepare build variant args
+        id: build_variant_args
+        if: inputs.build_variant != ''
+        run: >-
+          echo "args=--build-variant ${{ inputs.build_variant }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      - name: Set git SHA override
        id: emacs_sha
        if: inputs.git_sha != ''
@@ -87,6 +96,7 @@ jobs:
          nix develop --command
          bin/emacs-builder -l debug plan --output build-plan.yml
          --output-dir '${{ github.workspace }}/builds'
+          ${{ steps.build_variant_args.outputs.args }}
          ${{ steps.test_plan_args.outputs.args }}
          ${{ steps.emacs_sha.outputs.sha }}
          '${{ inputs.git_ref }}'
@@ -122,8 +132,8 @@ jobs:
          repository: jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos
          ref: ${{ inputs.builder_ref }}
          path: builder
-      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@v29
-      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@v5
+      - uses: nixbuild/nix-quick-install-action@v32
+      - uses: nix-community/cache-nix-action@v6
        with:
          primary-key: nix-${{ runner.arch }}-${{ hashFiles('**/flake.*') }}
      - name: Download build-plan artifact
@@ -148,6 +158,9 @@ jobs:
          --plan build-plan.yml
          --native-full-aot
          --no-self-sign
+          --icon-uri 'https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-liquid-glass-icons/releases/download/v1.0.1/EmacsLG1-Default.icns'
+          --tahoe-icon-uri 'https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-liquid-glass-icons/releases/download/v1.0.1/Assets.car'
+          --tahoe-icon-name EmacsLG1
          ${{ inputs.build_args }}
        working-directory: builder
        env:
--- a/.github/workflows/_prepare.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_prepare.yml
@@ -5,30 +5,41 @@ on:
    inputs:
      builder_ref:
        description: Git ref to checkout of build-emacs-for-macos
-        required: true
+        required: false
        type: string
+        default: ""
    outputs:
+      builder_ref:
+        description: Git ref of build-emacs-for-macos at builder_ref
+        value: ${{ jobs.builder-sha.outputs.ref }}
      builder_sha:
-        description: Git SHA of build-emacs-for-macos at builder_ref
+        description: Git commit SHA of build-emacs-for-macos at builder_ref
        value: ${{ jobs.builder-sha.outputs.sha }}

 jobs:
  builder-sha:
    runs-on: "macos-13"
    outputs:
-      sha: ${{ steps.builder_sha.outputs.sha }}
+      ref: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.ref }}
+      sha: ${{ steps.sha.outputs.sha }}
    steps:
+      - name: Default git ref check
+        id: ref
+        run: |
+          DEFAULT_BUILDER_REF="v0.6.63"
+          BUILDER_REF="${{ inputs.builder_ref }}"
+          echo "ref=${BUILDER_REF:-$DEFAULT_BUILDER_REF}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
      - name: Checkout build-emacs-for-macos repo
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos
-          ref: ${{ inputs.builder_ref }}
+          ref: ${{ steps.ref.outputs.ref }}
      - name: Store builder Git SHA
-        id: builder_sha
+        id: sha
        run: |
          BUILDER_SHA="$(git rev-parse HEAD)"
          echo "$BUILDER_SHA" > build-emacs-for-macos-git-sha.txt
-          echo "sha=$BUILDER_SHA" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "sha=$BUILDER_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
          echo "Builder ref ${{ inputs.builder_ref }} resolved to" \
               "commit SHA: $BUILDER_SHA"
      - name: Upload builder git SHA artifact
@@ -58,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
        uses: actions/checkout@v4
        with:
          repository: jimeh/build-emacs-for-macos
-          ref: ${{ inputs.builder_ref }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.builder-sha.outputs.ref }}
          fetch-depth: 0
      - name: Setup Go
        if: steps.cache.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
--- a/.github/workflows/_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/_release.yml
@@ -49,11 +49,11 @@ jobs:
          name: ${{ inputs.dmg_artifact }}
          path: builds
      - name: Publish disk images to a GitHub Release
-        if: steps.dmg.outputs.result != 'fail'
+        if: steps.dmg.outcome != 'failure'
        run: >-
          bin/emacs-builder -l debug release --plan build-plan.yml publish
          $(find builds -name '*.dmg' -or -name '*.sha256')
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
      - run: echo 'No DMG artifact available, was there a new commit to build?'
-        if: steps.dmg.outputs.result == 'fail'
+        if: steps.dmg.outcome == 'failure'
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ on:
        description: Override Emacs git commit SHA to build
        required: false
      builder_ref:
-        description: "Git ref to checkout of build-emacs-for-macos"
-        required: true
-        default: "v0.6.53"
+        description: "Override git ref to checkout of build-emacs-for-macos"
+        required: false
+        default: ""
      builder_args:
        description: Custom arguments passed to build script
        required: false
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ on:
        description: "prerelease or draft"
        required: false
        default: ""
+      build_variant:
+        description: "Optional build number used as version suffix"
+        required: false
+        type: string
      x86_64:
        description: "Build x86_64 version of Emacs"
        required: false
@@ -46,6 +50,7 @@ jobs:
      git_sha: ${{ inputs.git_sha }}
      builder_ref: ${{ inputs.builder_ref }}
      builder_args: ${{ inputs.builder_args }}
+      build_variant: ${{ inputs.build_variant }}
      test_build_name: ${{ inputs.test_build_name }}
      test_release_type: ${{ inputs.test_release_type }}
      x86_64: ${{ inputs.x86_64 }}
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly-master.yml
@@ -8,20 +8,6 @@ on:
      git_sha:
        description: Override Emacs git commit SHA to build
        required: false
-      builder_ref:
-        description: "Git ref to checkout of build-emacs-for-macos"
-        required: true
-        default: "v0.6.53"
-      x86_64:
-        description: "Build x86_64 version of Emacs"
-        required: false
-        default: true
-        type: boolean
-      arm64:
-        description: "Build arm64 version of Emacs"
-        required: false
-        default: true
-        type: boolean

 jobs:
  build:
@@ -30,7 +16,4 @@ jobs:
    with:
      git_ref: "master"
      git_sha: ${{ inputs.git_sha }}
-      builder_ref: ${{ inputs.builder_ref }}
-      x86_64: ${{ inputs.x86_64 }}
-      arm64: ${{ inputs.arm64 }}
    secrets: inherit
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,27 +1,21 @@
-<p align="center">
-  <img width="192px" src="https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs/raw/emacs-27.2/etc/images/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/emacs.svg" alt="Logo">
-</p>
+<div align="center">

-<h1 align="center">
-  Emacs Builds
-</h1>
+<img width="196px" src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jimeh/emacs-liquid-glass-icons/main/Icons/Exports/EmacsLG1-Default.iconset/icon_512x512.png" alt="Logo">

-<p align="center">
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases/latest"><img alt="GitHub release (stable)" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app%2Fshield.json"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=pretest&expanded=true"><img alt="GitHub release (pretest)" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-pretest%2Fshield.json"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=master&expanded=true"><img alt="GitHub release (nightly)" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-nightly%2Fshield.json"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=master&expanded=true"><img alt="GitHub release (monthly)" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-monthly%2Fshield.json"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/issues/7"><img alt="GitHub release (known good nightly)" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-good%2Fshield.json"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/issues"><img alt="GitHub issues" src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/jimeh/emacs-builds?style=flat&logo=github&logoColor=white"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/pulls"><img alt="GitHub pull requests" src="https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/jimeh/emacs-builds?style=flat&logo=github&logoColor=white"></a>
-  <a href="https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases"><img alt="GitHub all releases" src="https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Femacs-builds%2Fmeta%2Ftotal-downloads%2Fshield.json"></a>
-</p>
+# Emacs Builds

-<p align="center">
-  <strong>
-    Self-contained Emacs.app builds for macOS, with native-compilation support.
-  </strong>
-</p>
+[![GitHub release (stable)](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases/latest)
+[![GitHub release (pretest)](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-pretest%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=pretest&expanded=true)
+[![GitHub release (nightly)](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-nightly%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=master&expanded=true)
+[![GitHub release (monthly)](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-monthly%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases?q=master&expanded=true)
+[![GitHub release (known good nightly)](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Fhomebrew-emacs-builds%2Fmeta%2FCasks%2Femacs-app-good%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/issues/7)
+[![GitHub issues](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-raw/jimeh/emacs-builds?style=flat&logo=github&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/issues)
+[![GitHub pull requests](https://img.shields.io/github/issues-pr-raw/jimeh/emacs-builds?style=flat&logo=github&logoColor=white)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/pulls)
+[![GitHub all releases](https://img.shields.io/endpoint?url=https%3A%2F%2Fraw.githubusercontent.com%2Fjimeh%2Femacs-builds%2Fmeta%2Ftotal-downloads%2Fshield.json)](https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/releases)
+
+**Self-contained Emacs.app builds for macOS, with native-compilation support.**
+
+</div>

 ## Features

@@ -82,37 +76,32 @@ for at least a day or two without any obvious issues.

 ### Homebrew Cask

-1. Install the
-   [`jimeh/emacs-builds`](https://github.com/jimeh/homebrew-emacs-builds)
-   Homebrew tap:
-   ```
-   brew tap jimeh/emacs-builds
-   ```
-2. Install one of the available casks:
-   - `emacs-app` — Latest stable release of Emacs.
-     ```
-     brew install --cask emacs-app
-     ```
-   - `emacs-app-pretest` — Latest pretest build of Emacs.
-     ```
-     brew install --cask emacs-app-pretest
-     ```
-   - `emacs-app-nightly` — Build of Emacs from the `master` branch, updated
-     every night.
-     ```
-     brew install --cask emacs-app-nightly
-     ```
-   - `emacs-app-monthly` — Build of Emacs from the `master` branch, updated on
-     the 1st of each month. These includes native Apple Silicon support.
-     ```
-     brew install --cask emacs-app-monthly
-     ```
-   - `emacs-app-good` for the latest known good nightly build listed on [#7][7]:
-     ```
-     brew install --cask emacs-app-good
-     ```
+The [`jimeh/emacs-builds`](https://github.com/jimeh/homebrew-emacs-builds)
+Homebrew Tap provides the following casks:

-[7]: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-builds/issues/7
+- `jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app` — Latest stable release of Emacs.
+  ```bash
+  brew install --cask jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app
+  ```
+- `jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-pretest` — Latest pretest build of Emacs.
+  ```bash
+  brew install --cask jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-pretest
+  ```
+- `jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-nightly` — Build of Emacs from the `master`
+  branch, updated every night.
+  ```bash
+  brew install --cask jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-nightly
+  ```
+- `jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-monthly` — Build of Emacs from the `master`
+  branch, updated on the 1st of each month.
+  ```bash
+  brew install --cask jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-monthly
+  ```
+- `jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-good` for the latest known good nightly build
+  listed on [#7][7]:
+  ```bash
+  brew install --cask jimeh/emacs-builds/emacs-app-good
+  ```

 ## Apple Silicon

@@ -192,8 +181,6 @@ All builds also come with a SHA256 checksum file, which itself can be double
 checked against the SHA256 checksum log output from the packaging step of the
 GitHub Actions workflow run which produced the build.

-[emacs-mirror/emacs]: https://github.com/emacs-mirror/emacs
-
 ## Issues / To-Do

 Please see [Issues][] for details of things to come, or to report issues.
Author	SHA1	Message	Date
Jim Myhrberg	1878f3bac6	feat(icon): use custom Liquid Glass icon for Emacs.app Use EmacsLG1 icon from in all builds: https://github.com/jimeh/emacs-liquid-glass-icons	2025-09-14 21:17:17 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	fb2956c35c	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.62	2025-09-14 12:27:23 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	97721f45df	chore(readme): update formatting	2025-09-10 19:31:06 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	4142f78ed1	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.61	2025-08-13 01:43:28 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	0bdcc26ff7	docs(readme): update Homebrew Cask section	2025-06-28 16:46:45 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	f77bef8017	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.60	2025-06-27 22:45:03 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	2304c38620	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.59	2025-06-27 15:37:56 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	d8ad016739	Merge pull request #53 from jimeh/upgrade-nix-actions	2025-06-27 15:16:24 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	b8192fb788	fix(release): dmg build step success check	2025-06-27 15:13:35 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	51fba0905b	chore(deps): upgarde nix GitHub Actions	2025-06-27 12:34:04 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	f73c57be55	feat(builds): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.58 and add build variant option	2025-06-27 12:23:16 +01:00
Jim Myhrberg	d66071efc4	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.57	2024-12-08 14:08:16 +00:00
Jim Myhrberg	5f2c9eef19	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.55	2024-12-03 00:20:33 +00:00
Jim Myhrberg	b381cba4fa	fix(workflow/_prepare): fix typo in default ref logic	2024-12-02 19:54:16 +00:00
Jim Myhrberg	d40d900d61	refactor(workflows): simplify default builder_ref setting Allow the default builder_ref to be set in the a single location, the _prepare shared workflow. Other workflows essentially have a override option, and no longer need explicit default values set.	2024-12-02 19:51:29 +00:00
Jim Myhrberg	d81f9a1229	fix(nightly): remove supurflous inputs from nightly-master workflow They're not needed for manual runs, and they were actively causing things to break when triggered by the schedule.	2024-12-02 19:37:33 +00:00
Jim Myhrberg	93ad41d01a	chore(deps): update build-emacs-for-macos to 0.6.54	2024-12-01 12:41:17 +00:00