From 8eb2fe78ae84d05604756c7fd40ccfe25154d082 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: firewave <firewave@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 18:24:29 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] CI-windows.yml: cleaned up and sped up `build_qt` job

---
 .github/workflows/CI-windows.yml | 20 +++++++++-----------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
index ce73819bc70..a63be4e0ad9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-windows.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
 
-  # TODO: use Debug build to speed it up?
   build_qt:
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -52,27 +51,26 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run CMake
         run: |
           rem TODO: enable rules?
-          rem specify Release build so matchcompiler is used
-          cmake -S . -B build -Werror=dev --warn-uninitialized -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_TESTING=Off -DBUILD_GUI=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          cmake -S . -B build -Werror=dev --warn-uninitialized -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On -DBUILD_TESTING=Off -DBUILD_GUI=On -DWITH_QCHART=On -DBUILD_TRIAGE=On -DBUILD_ONLINE_HELP=On -DISABLE_DMAKE=On -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=cppcheck-cmake-install -DCMAKE_COMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=On || exit /b !errorlevel!
 
-      - name: Build GUI release
+      - name: Build GUI
         run: |
-          cmake --build build --target cppcheck-gui --config Release || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          cmake --build build --config Debug --target cppcheck-gui || exit /b !errorlevel!
 
+      # TODO: can this be done in CMake?
       - name: Deploy GUI
         run: |
-          windeployqt build\bin\Release || exit /b !errorlevel!
-          del build\bin\Release\cppcheck-gui.ilk || exit /b !errorlevel!
-          del build\bin\Release\cppcheck-gui.pdb || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          windeployqt --no-translations build\bin\Debug || exit /b !errorlevel!
+          del build\bin\Debug\cppcheck-gui.pdb || exit /b !errorlevel!
 
       # TODO: run GUI tests
 
       - name: Run CMake install
         run: |
-          rem TODO: this performs a Debug build
-          rem TODO: the Qt DLLS are not being installed (because of the missing windeployqt?)
-          cmake --build build --target install
+          rem TODO: the Qt DLLs are not being installed
+          cmake --build build --config Debug --target install
           rem TODO: validate the installed files
+          rem TODO: the structure does not match an actual Windows installation
 
   build_cmake_cxxstd:
     strategy: