Optimize build speed: cache PyInstaller and lower zip compression

Author: dertwist

.github/workflows/dev-release.yml

@@ -25,6 +25,16 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: pip install -r requirements.txt
 
+      - name: Cache PyInstaller build
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            build/
+            ~\AppData\Roaming\pyinstaller
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pyinstaller-${{ hashFiles('**/*.py', 'requirements.txt') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-pyinstaller-
+
       - name: Set up MinGW
         uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
         with:

makefile.py

@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ def build_hammer5_tools(fast=False) -> None:
         '--collect-submodules=clr_loader',
         # '--strip',  # Removed to avoid errors with .NET DLLs
         '--optimize=0',
-        '--clean',
         '--icon=src/appicon.ico',
         '--add-data=src/appicon.ico;.',
         '--add-data=src/images;images/',
@@ -242,7 +241,7 @@ def should_exclude(file_name: str, file_path: str) -> bool:
                 return True
         return False
 
-    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_path, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=9) as archive:
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(output_path, 'w', compression=zipfile.ZIP_DEFLATED, compresslevel=6) as archive:
         for root, _, files in os.walk(folder_path):
             for file in files:
                 file_path = os.path.join(root, file)