.travis.yml

language: c
# Run builds with 2 different values of the `nim_branch` environment variable
env:
  - nim_branch=master
  - nim_branch=devel
# Run builds with 2 different choices of a C compiler
compiler:
  - gcc
  - clang
# This meams we get a 2x2 build matrix, with a total of 4 builds
matrix:
  # It's OK if our project fails to build with Nim devel, but we still want to check it
  allow_failures:
    - env: nim_branch=devel
  # Call the commit successful as soon as the builds with master branch complete.
  fast_finish: true
install:
  - |
    # Simply replacing "master" with `$nim_branch` everywhere means we can reuse
    # this installation script for both branches.
    if [ ! -x nim-$nim_branch/bin/nim ]; then
      git clone -b $nim_branch --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/nim nim-$nim_branch/
      cd nim-$nim_branch
      git clone -b $nim_branch --depth 1 git://github.com/nim-lang/csources csources/
      cd csources
      sh build.sh
      cd ..
      rm -rf csources
      bin/nim c koch
      ./koch boot -d:release
    else
      cd nim-$nim_branch
      git fetch origin
      if ! git merge FETCH_HEAD | grep "Already up-to-date"; then
        bin/nim c koch
        ./koch boot -d:release
      fi
    fi
    cd ..
before_script:
  # `$nim_branch` is used here as well, to add the specific compiler to PATH
  - export PATH="nim-$nim_branch/bin${PATH:+:$PATH}"
script:
  # Specify the C compiler to Nim
  # (the `compiler` option of the build matrix sets the `$CC` variable)
  - nim compile --cc:$CC --verbosity:0 --run tests/main
cache:
  # Cache both compilers easily
  directories:
    - nim-master
    - nim-devel
branches:
  except:
    - gh-pages