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17 changes: 14 additions & 3 deletions .github/workflows/tests.yml
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Expand Up @@ -53,9 +53,20 @@ jobs:
strategy:
fail-fast: false
matrix:
os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-14]
# Building older versions of Vim requires v8.2.1118 or less
vim-version: [v7.4.2119, v8.2.1118]
include:
# Vim 7.4.2119 and 8.2.1118 are the minimum supported versions, but
# they cannot be built on macOS anymore: their configure fails with
# "NOT FOUND! You need to install a terminal library" because modern
# clang/Xcode rejects the implicit-int main() used by the old
# configure checks. See rhysd/action-setup-vim#38 and vim 8.2.5135.
- os: ubuntu-latest
vim-version: v7.4.2119
- os: ubuntu-latest
vim-version: v8.2.1118
# v8.2.5136 is the oldest Vim version that builds on current macOS
# runners (the configure fix landed in v8.2.5135).
- os: macos-latest
vim-version: v8.2.5136
runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
steps:
- name: Checkout kkoomen/vim-doge
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion docs/TESTING.md
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Expand Up @@ -90,7 +90,10 @@ Conventions:
## CI (`test` job in `.github/workflows/tests.yml`)

Matrix: Vim 7.4.2119 / 8.2.1118 / 8.2.5172 / 9.0.1500 and Neovim
0.3.2 / stable on ubuntu + macos. Every job:
0.3.2 / stable on ubuntu + macos. Exception: the minimum Vim versions
(7.4.2119, 8.2.1118) run on ubuntu only — their configure cannot build on
current macOS runners (see `rhysd/action-setup-vim#38`), so macOS uses
v8.2.5136, the oldest Vim that builds there. Every job:

1. checks out this repo and `junegunn/vader.vim` into `vader.vim`,
2. caches `~/.cargo`,
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