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PowerShell script that can be used in a GitHub Action to change the icon of an executable, useful in Godot Engine CI scripts
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update_windows_icon.ps1
$exePath = $args[0]
$iconPath = $args[1]
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/electron/rcedit/releases/download/v1.1.1/rcedit-x64.exe" -OutFile ".\rcedit-x64.exe"
.\rcedit-x64.exe $exePath --set-icon $iconPath
Remove-Item .\rcedit-x64.exe
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Example usage in GitHub Actions

place this job after your build job, or if you're building on windows, you can place the run step with id set_icon immediately there

  update_icon:
    runs-on: windows-2019
    name: Update Windows Icon
    needs: [build]
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
        with:
          lfs: true
      - uses: actions/[email protected]
        with:
          name: windows
          path: build/windows
      - id: set_icon
        run: .ci\update_windows_icon.ps1 .\build\windows\game.exe .\game\assets\art\game_icon\icon.ico
      - uses: actions/[email protected]
        with:
          name: windows
          path: build/windows
          retention-days: 1

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