Distribute .exe file of aws-gate on Windows

[mbp]

My other "pip installed" tools that are installed into %USERPROFILE%\AppData\local\Programs\Python\Python39\Scripts are .exe files that can then easily be invoked on command line.

However in this directory aws-gate is just a script file (no extension), with following content:

#!c:\users\xxx\appdata\local\programs\python\python39\python.exe

import aws_gate.cli


def main():
    aws_gate.cli.main()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Because it is not an executable, you have to run it with py aws-gate and to be in the same directory as the script. This makes it a bit harder to use.

One example of another tool that installs an exe is: https://github.com/mludvig/aws-ssm-tools - maybe it can be used for inspiration.

[xen0l]

@mbp binaries will be automaticlly on every new release and uploaded on the release page. Few binaries are available here: https://github.com/xen0l/aws-gate/releases/tag/0.11.1. Please note, that these binaries do not need Python installed, everything is contained in the binary itself (hence the size).

Plesae note even though we produce binaries for macOS and Linux, they might not work on all the platform and on those platforrms, Homebrew and pip are the recommended way how to install them. Self-contained binaries are mostly useful on Windows.

Next steps:

• provide documentation about these binaries
• @mbp once available, could you provide docs how to install aws-gate into Windows path?