Windows Collect Dependencies

A small Gitea Action for collecting the non-system DLL dependencies required by a Windows executable.

The action uses dumpbin to recursively find dependencies and copies the required DLLs into an artifact directory while skipping Windows system libraries.

Usage

- name: Collect dependencies
  uses: https://git.omgitsalexl.me/omgitsalexl/windows-collect-dependencies@v1.0.3
  with:
    executable: path/to/MyApp.exe
    output: artifacts

Inputs

Input	Required	Default	Description
executable	Yes		Path to the executable to inspect
output	No	artifacts	Directory where dependencies are copied

The executable itself is not copied. Add it to the output directory separately if you want to package it with the collected DLLs.

Requirements

The Windows runner must have Visual Studio or Visual Studio Build Tools installed with the MSVC C++ tools.

Example

- name: Copy executable
  shell: powershell
  run: |
    New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path artifacts
    Copy-Item "build\MyApp.exe" "artifacts\MyApp.exe"

- name: Collect dependencies
  uses: https://git.omgitsalexl.me/omgitsalexl/windows-collect-dependencies@v1.0.3
  with:
    executable: build/MyApp.exe

The resulting artifacts directory can then be uploaded or packaged by the rest of your workflow.