From 3bef1b4ddac11c83ce8b34afe5acbdab63f4683b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adam Hathcock <adam@hathcock.uk>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:14:42 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] native build?

---
 .github/workflows/cli-native.yml | 67 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 build/Program.cs                 | 48 +++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 115 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .github/workflows/cli-native.yml

diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-native.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-native.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9809413e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-native.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+name: CLI Native Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+      - "release"
+    paths:
+      - "src/SharpCompress.Cli/**"
+      - "src/SharpCompress/**"
+      - "build/**"
+      - "tests/SharpCompress.Test/Cli/**"
+      - "tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj"
+      - "Directory.Build.props"
+      - "Directory.Packages.props"
+      - "global.json"
+      - ".github/workflows/cli-native.yml"
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - "master"
+      - "release"
+    paths:
+      - "src/SharpCompress.Cli/**"
+      - "src/SharpCompress/**"
+      - "build/**"
+      - "tests/SharpCompress.Test/Cli/**"
+      - "tests/SharpCompress.Test/SharpCompress.Test.csproj"
+      - "Directory.Build.props"
+      - "Directory.Packages.props"
+      - "global.json"
+      - ".github/workflows/cli-native.yml"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  native-aot:
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            rid: linux-x64
+          - os: macos-14
+            rid: osx-arm64
+          - os: windows-latest
+            rid: win-x64
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v5
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: 10.0.x
+
+      - name: Build Native AOT CLI
+        run: dotnet run --project build/build.csproj -- cli-native
+        env:
+          CLI_RID: ${{ matrix.rid }}
+
+      - name: Upload CLI Native Artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v6
+        with:
+          name: sharpcompress-cli-${{ matrix.rid }}
+          path: src/SharpCompress.Cli/bin/Release/net10.0/${{ matrix.rid }}/publish/
diff --git a/build/Program.cs b/build/Program.cs
index 1c36e0a9..1cf2dd2e 100644
--- a/build/Program.cs
+++ b/build/Program.cs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ const string PushToNuGet = "push-to-nuget";
 const string DisplayBenchmarkResults = "display-benchmark-results";
 const string CompareBenchmarkResults = "compare-benchmark-results";
 const string GenerateBaseline = "generate-baseline";
+const string CliNative = "cli-native";
 
 Target(
     Clean,
@@ -466,6 +467,40 @@ Target(
     }
 );
 
+Target(
+    CliNative,
+    () =>
+    {
+        var rid = GetRequiredEnvironmentVariable("CLI_RID");
+        var configuration = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CLI_CONFIGURATION") ?? "Release";
+        var framework = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("CLI_FRAMEWORK") ?? "net10.0";
+        const string project = "src/SharpCompress.Cli/SharpCompress.Cli.csproj";
+
+        Run("dotnet", $"restore {project} -r {rid}");
+        Run(
+            "dotnet",
+            $"publish {project} -c {configuration} -f {framework} -r {rid} -p:PublishAot=true --no-restore"
+        );
+
+        var binaryName = rid.StartsWith("win-", StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase)
+            ? "SharpCompress.Cli.exe"
+            : "SharpCompress.Cli";
+        var binaryPath = Path.Combine(
+            "src",
+            "SharpCompress.Cli",
+            "bin",
+            configuration,
+            framework,
+            rid,
+            "publish",
+            binaryName
+        );
+
+        Console.WriteLine($"Smoke testing native binary: {binaryPath}");
+        Run(binaryPath, "formats --format json");
+    }
+);
+
 Target("default", [Publish], () => Console.WriteLine("Done!"));
 
 await RunTargetsAndExitAsync(args);
@@ -702,6 +737,19 @@ static double CalculateChange(double baseline, double current)
     return ((current - baseline) / baseline) * 100;
 }
 
+static string GetRequiredEnvironmentVariable(string variableName)
+{
+    var value = Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable(variableName);
+    if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(value))
+    {
+        throw new InvalidOperationException(
+            $"Environment variable '{variableName}' must be set for this target."
+        );
+    }
+
+    return value;
+}
+
 record BenchmarkMetric
 {
     public string Method { get; init; } = "";