Simple Tip To Add NSIS Source to Package

For those of you that love open source or just need a simple way to include the source code for your packages.

Just add this to the end of all your packages. It will be included as a file resource and if you use 7zip to extract your package you will find your source included. It's very basic but works great if you don't rely on a lot of custom includes.

Section /o -SourceCode
    File `${__FILE__}`
SectionEnd 

Enjoy 😁

Personally, I use the similar following trick instead :

Goto +2
File "myfile.nsi" 

Originally Posted by Wizou View Post

Goto +2
File "myfile.nsi" 

Ah nice, with the goto added it assures that it will never be extracted. Nice trick 😉

I put my source in with code like this:

Function .oninit

...

SetOutPath $PLUGINSDIR\Src

File ${__FILE__}

File buildnum.nsh

File ... 

SetOutPath $Temp ; don't leave working dir in $Pluginsdir or it can't be deleted

FunctionEnd

This allows me to get the source from %temp%\ns????.tmp\Src without using 7-zip. Then the source will be deleted after the installer finishes.