I've created another GitHub Actions project that supports all common platforms (Linux, macOS, and Windows). See jcs090218/setup-emacs for more information! I will recommend people use that instead of this one!

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Set up Emacs in Windows

A Github Action that installs a specific emacs version

🔧 Usage

uses: jcs090218/setup-emacs-windows@master
with:
  version: 24.5

The emacs executable on the path will then be the requested version. For a list of available versions, please see the main GNU FTP server.

Note about compiling binary emacs modules

Here's an example of a project which compiles binary modules against an Emacs installed with this method.

⚜️ License

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.