From 0aaa371488d5229e5f575167f9c0c4bb9f5205f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: HueByte <ihuebyte@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2026 10:08:50 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] chore: update release process for single-file publish and
 enhance installer script

---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 10 +++++-----
 docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md      |  5 +++++
 scripts/install.sh            | 13 ++++++++++---
 src/Directory.Build.props     |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2ad99d8..dc9c7f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -81,23 +81,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Client win-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-win-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r win-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-win-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client linux-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-linux-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-linux-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client osx-x64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-osx-x64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-x64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-osx-x64
 
       - name: Publish Client osx-arm64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-osx-arm64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r osx-arm64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-osx-arm64
 
       - name: Publish Client linux-arm64
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
-        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained true -o publish/client-linux-arm64
+        run: dotnet publish src/EchoHub.Client/EchoHub.Client.csproj -c Release -r linux-arm64 --self-contained true -p:PublishSingleFile=true -p:IncludeNativeLibrariesForSelfExtract=true -o publish/client-linux-arm64
 
       - name: Zip artifacts
         if: steps.changes.outputs.src_changed == 'true' && steps.check_release.outputs.exists == 'false'
diff --git a/docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md b/docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3fc6db7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/changelog/v0.2.9.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# v0.2.9
+
+## Bug Fixes
+
+- Fix Linux/macOS client install — enable single-file publish so the install script copies one self-contained binary instead of just the native host (which failed with "does not exist: EchoHub.Client.dll")
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
index 576c30e..238604d 100644
--- a/scripts/install.sh
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -199,10 +199,17 @@ main() {
         fi
     fi
 
-    # Install the binary
+    # Install full directory to ~/.local/share/echohub and symlink the binary.
+    # Even single-file publishes may have content files (appsettings, assets)
+    # that the app expects next to the binary via AppContext.BaseDirectory.
+    app_dir="$HOME/.local/share/echohub"
+    rm -rf "$app_dir"
+    mkdir -p "$app_dir"
+    cp -r "$src_dir"/. "$app_dir/"
+    chmod +x "$app_dir/EchoHub.Client"
+
     mkdir -p "$install_dir"
-    cp "$src_dir/EchoHub.Client" "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
-    chmod +x "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
+    ln -sf "$app_dir/EchoHub.Client" "$install_dir/$BINARY_NAME"
 
     echo ""
 
diff --git a/src/Directory.Build.props b/src/Directory.Build.props
index 744d01d..24de7d9 100644
--- a/src/Directory.Build.props
+++ b/src/Directory.Build.props
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <Project>
   <PropertyGroup>
-    <Version>0.2.8</Version>
+    <Version>0.2.9</Version>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <NoWarn>$(NoWarn);CS1591</NoWarn>
   </PropertyGroup>