🧪 Add Automated Tests and GitHub Actions Workflow (Linux-compatible)

[6uhrmittag]

We want to add a full CI pipeline for this project using GitHub Actions on Windows. This pipeline should:

• Build the application using the existing built.bat script (via PyInstaller)
• Run Python unit tests
• Upload the resulting .exe files as GitHub Actions artifacts

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✅ Goal

Implement a GitHub Actions workflow that:

1. Runs on windows-latest

2. Executes the build script:

   pyinstaller synth_riders_discordrpc.spec
   pyinstaller synth_riders_discordrpc_uninstall.spec
   pyinstaller synth_riders_discordrpc_setup.spec

   (This is already in built.bat)

3. Runs Python tests using pytest

4. Runs optional static analysis, e.g.:

   • flake8
   • black --check
   • mypy

5. Uploads all .exe binaries as artifacts so they can be downloaded from the GitHub Actions summary

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🧪 Test Scope

Tests should live in a /tests folder and use pytest. Focus on:

• Config parsing and fallback/defaults
• Album art image decoding & upload logic
• WebSocket event handling (e.g. SongStart, SongEnd)
• Discord RPC update logic (can use mocks for pypresence)
• General utilities

Avoid mocking Windows behavior — we now run tests on Windows!

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📁 Project Structure Notes

The entry points built by PyInstaller are defined in these .spec files:

• synth_riders_discordrpc.spec → main executable
• synth_riders_discordrpc_uninstall.spec → uninstaller
• synth_riders_discordrpc_setup.spec → first-time setup

You can run built.bat to produce the full set of executables.

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🛠 Tasks

• Create .github/workflows/windows-build-test.yml

• Use runs-on: windows-latest

• Install Python dependencies:

  pip install -r requirements.txt
  pip install pytest flake8 black mypy

• Run built.bat

• Run pytest

• Run flake8, black --check, mypy

• Upload the built .exe files from dist/ as GitHub Actions artifacts

[6uhrmittag]

woha! wait, windows runners are available in the free plan too?!?! wooha!!!11!!!!1!1<3 lets try these