Methane Kit v0.8.0: enhance program bindings configuration, performance and simplified shader buffer arguments setup with root constants

.github/workflows/ci-build.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 name: '🏗️ CI Build'
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ master, develop ]
     paths:
@@ -32,11 +33,11 @@ on:
 
 env:
   METHANE_VERSION_MAJOR: 0
-  METHANE_VERSION_MINOR: 7
-  METHANE_VERSION_PATCH: 3
+  METHANE_VERSION_MINOR: 8
+  METHANE_VERSION_PATCH: 0
   METHANE_VERSION_BUILD: ${{ github.run_number }}
-  TRACY_RELEASE_VERSION: "0.9.1"
-  VULKAN_SDK_VERSION: "1.3.250.1"
+  TRACY_RELEASE_VERSION: "0.11.2.1"
+  VULKAN_SDK_VERSION: "1.3.290.0"
   ORIGIN_REPOSITORY: 'MethanePowered/MethaneKit'
 
 jobs:
@@ -189,7 +190,7 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
 
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ./Build/Unix/CI/InstallVulkanSdk.sh "${{ env.VULKAN_SDK_VERSION }}" "${{ runner.tool_cache }}/VulkanSDK"
 
       - name: Initialize Externals Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: Build/Output/ExternalsCache
           key: ExternalsCache-${{ matrix.config_preset }}-${{ hashFiles('Externals/*.cmake') }}
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ jobs:
         run: ${{ github.workspace }}\Build\Windows\CI\RunUnitTests.bat junit
 
       - name: Upload Test Results Artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         if: ${{ matrix.run_tests && (success() || failure()) }}
         with:
           name: MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}_TestResults_${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MAJOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MINOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_PATCH }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_BUILD }}
@@ -277,7 +278,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Archived Build Artifacts
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}_${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MAJOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MINOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_PATCH }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_BUILD }}
           path: ${{ env.INSTALL_DIR }}/MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}.7z
@@ -290,7 +291,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update Badge JSON
         if: ${{ github.repository == env.ORIGIN_REPOSITORY && github.event_name != 'pull_request' && always() }}
-        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@v1.6.0
+        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@v1.7.0
         with:
           auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
           gistID: 96d788046ccd52b45b3354a99f8569c3
@@ -311,7 +312,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Upload Event File
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: EventFile
           path: ${{ github.event_path }}

.github/workflows/ci-codeql-scan.yml

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 name: "🔮 CI CodeQL Scan"
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ master ]
     paths:
@@ -37,11 +38,10 @@ jobs:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         include:
-          # FIXME: Windows CodeQL analysis is DISABLED because it fails with compiler "error C1060: compiler is out of heap space"
-          #- os: windows-latest
-          #  name: "Win64_DX_CodeQL-Scan"
-          #  config_preset: "VS2022-Win64-DX-Scan"
-          #  build_preset: "VS2022-Win64-DX-Scan"
+          - os: windows-latest
+            name: "Win64_DX_CodeQL-Scan"
+            config_preset: "VS2022-Win64-DX-Scan"
+            build_preset: "VS2022-Win64-DX-Scan"
 
           - os: ubuntu-latest
             name: "Ubuntu_VK_CodeQL-Scan"
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ jobs:
         sudo apt install xcb libx11-dev libx11-xcb-dev libxcb-sync-dev libxcb-randr0-dev
 
     - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
     - name: Initialize CodeQL
       uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Initialize Externals Cache
       id: cache-externals
-      uses: actions/cache@v3
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
       env:
         cache-name: cache-externals
       with:

.github/workflows/ci-sonar-scan.yml

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 name: '🎯 CI Sonar Scan'
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches: [ master, develop ]
     paths:
@@ -57,8 +58,8 @@ on:
 
 env:
   METHANE_VERSION_MAJOR: 0
-  METHANE_VERSION_MINOR: 7
-  METHANE_VERSION_PATCH: 3
+  METHANE_VERSION_MINOR: 8
+  METHANE_VERSION_PATCH: 0
   METHANE_VERSION_BUILD: ${{ github.run_number }}
 
 jobs:
@@ -118,16 +119,16 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout pull-request merge commit from origin
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-          fetch-depth: 2 # 2 commits are necessary for CodeCov diff
+          fetch-depth: 0 # checkout all history for all branches, as required by Sonar scanner
 
       - name: Checkout pull-request merge commit from fork
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' }}
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: "${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}"
-          fetch-depth: 2 # 2 commits are necessary for CodeCov diff
+          fetch-depth: 0 # checkout all history for all branches, as required by Sonar scanner
 
       - name: Install Linux prerequisites
         if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
 
       # .NET Core is required by ReportGenerator
       - name: Install .NET Core
-        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v3
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
         with:
           dotnet-version: 6.0.400
 
@@ -150,12 +151,12 @@ jobs:
 
       # Ninja build is required to generate compile commands file used by Sonar-Scanner
       - name: Install Ninja
-        uses: MethanePowered/gha-setup-ninja@master
+        uses: seanmiddleditch/gha-setup-ninja@v5
         with:
           version: 1.11.1
 
       - name: Initialize Externals Cache
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
         with:
           path: Build/Output/ExternalsCache
           key: ExternalsCache-${{ matrix.config_preset }}-${{ hashFiles('Externals/*.cmake') }}
@@ -214,7 +215,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Generate Code Coverage Reports
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@5.1.13
+        uses: danielpalme/ReportGenerator-GitHub-Action@5
         with:
           reports: ${{ matrix.tests_coverage_reports }}
           targetdir: 'Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Coverage/Report'
@@ -224,7 +225,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Code Coverage Cobertura Report
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}_CoverageResults
           path: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Coverage/Report/Cobertura.xml
@@ -240,21 +241,43 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Publish Code Coverage to CodeCov server
         if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && (success() || failure()) }}
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           files: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Coverage/Report/Cobertura.xml
           flags: unittests,${{ runner.os }}
           name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish Code Coverage to CodeCov server (from PR target)
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' && (success() || failure()) }}
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with:
           override_pr: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
           override_commit: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
           files: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Coverage/Report/Cobertura.xml
           flags: unittests,${{ runner.os }}
           name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish Test Results to Codecov server
+        if: ${{ github.event_name != 'pull_request_target' && (success() || failure()) }}
+        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
+        with:
+          files: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Results/junit/*Test.xml
+          flags: unittests,${{ runner.os }}
+          name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish Test Results to Codecov server (from PR target)
+        if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request_target' && (success() || failure()) }}
+        uses: codecov/test-results-action@v1
+        with:
+          override_pr: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          override_commit: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          files: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/Tests/Results/junit/*Test.xml
+          flags: unittests,${{ runner.os }}
+          name: ${{ matrix.name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Publish Test Results to GitHub
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
@@ -292,7 +315,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Upload Archived Scan Artifacts
         if: ${{ success() || failure() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}_${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MAJOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_MINOR }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_PATCH }}.${{ env.METHANE_VERSION_BUILD }}
           path: Build/Output/${{ matrix.config_preset }}/Install/MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}.7z
@@ -304,7 +327,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Update Badge JSON
         if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'schedule') && always() }}
-        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@v1.6.0
+        uses: schneegans/dynamic-badges-action@v1.7.0
         with:
           auth: ${{ secrets.GIST_TOKEN }}
           gistID: 96d788046ccd52b45b3354a99f8569c3

.github/workflows/ci-tests-report.yml

@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - name: Download Event File
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@246dbf436b23d7c49e21a7ab8204ca9ecd1fe615
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v7
         with:
           run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
           name: EventFile
           path: EventFile
 
       - name: Download Test Results
-        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v3
+        uses: dawidd6/action-download-artifact@v7
         with:
           run_id: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.id }}
           name: ^MethaneKit_${{ matrix.name }}_TestResults_.*$