How to Host ClickOnce Installer on GitHub

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This is a guide on how to deploy a ClickOnce installer on GitHub Pages, it's an updated version based on the previous work done by RefactorsaurusRex.

Here are the steps needed
  1. Create a GitHub Pages
  2. In the GitHub Pages create an "Installer" folder.
  3. Create a .gitattributes file in the "Installer" folder. Add the following codes to the file
    • *.manifest binary
    • *.application binary
    • *.deploy binary
    • *  -text
  4. Get the URL of the "Installer" folder on your GitHub pages, it will be used later as the "Installation Folder URL". It should look something like https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{your-account-name}/{your-repo-name}/gh-pages/Installer/ (please make sure that you commit the application to the gh-pages branch, it will not work if you commit to other branches like main, develop, etc)
  5. Switch to Visual Studio > Build. Follow this video guide to publish your ClickOnce application. Use the "Installation Folder URL" you get in step 3 as the Update Location & Installation Folder URL. Refer to the screenshots below.
  6. Copy and paste the published application to your GitHub Pages - "Installer" folder. Do take note that "gh-pages" will be the branch where we publish the installer.
  7. Commit and push the changes to GitHub.
  8. To get the download link of your installer (that you can share with the users), follow this pattern. https://github.com/{your-account-name}/{your-repo-name}/raw/gh-pages/Installer/setup.exe
  9. Done

Please take note that the URL link is case sensitive on GitHub

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