CI for latex files
I wanted to make a build pipeline for my resume which is written in Latex. Using Travis CI, I was able to add a build that would upload an automatically compiled PDF as a release for every tag in a git repository.
sudo: required
dist: trusty
before_install:
- sudo apt-get -qq update && sudo apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends latexmk
texlive-fonts-extra texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-latex-base texlive-latex-extra
texlive-latex-recommended
script:
- latexmk -pdf resume.tex
deploy:
provider: releases
api_key:
secure: <key from travis CLI script>
file:
- resume.pdf
skip_cleanup: true
on:
tags: true
Breakdown of YML
before_install
packages needed to build your latex document mileage will vary:
- latexmk
- texlive-fonts-extra
- texlive-fonts-recommended
- texlive-latex-base
- texlive-latex-extra
- texlive-latex-recommended
latexmk
Automatic LaTeX document generation tool
api_key
created using the Travis CLI gem
install:
gem install travis -v 1.8.2 --no-rdoc --no-ri
generate:
travis setup releases