Add standalone installation using zipapp

.github/workflows/build-hatch.yml

@@ -2,12 +2,20 @@ name: build hatch
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-    - hatch-v*
+#    tags:
+#    - hatch-v*
+    branches:
+    - beyondevil/*
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - beyondevil/*
 
 concurrency:
   group: build-hatch-${{ github.head_ref }}
 
+env:
+  STABLE_PYTHON_VERSION: '3.11'
+
 jobs:
   build:
     name: Build wheels and source distribution
@@ -28,21 +36,50 @@ jobs:
         path: dist/*
         if-no-files-found: error
 
-  publish:
-    name: Publish release
+#  publish:
+#    name: Publish release
+#    needs:
+#    - build
+#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+#
+#    steps:
+#    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+#      with:
+#        name: artifacts
+#        path: dist
+#
+#    - name: Push build artifacts to PyPI
+#      uses: pypa/[email protected]
+#      with:
+#        skip_existing: true
+#        user: __token__
+#        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN_HATCH }}
+
+  build-zipapp:
+    name: Build zipapp
     needs:
-    - build
+      - build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-      with:
-        name: artifacts
-        path: dist
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Push build artifacts to PyPI
-      uses: pypa/[email protected]
-      with:
-        skip_existing: true
-        user: __token__
-        password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN_HATCH }}
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.STABLE_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.STABLE_PYTHON_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Upgrade pip, Install shiv
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install shiv
+
+      - name: Build zipapp
+        run: shiv -c hatch -o ./hatch.pyz .
+
+      - name: Test zipapp
+        run: python ./hatch.pyz --version
+
+#      - name: Upload to releases
+#        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+#        with:
+#          files: hatch.pyz

docs/history/hatch.md

@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+***Added:***
+
+- Ship a [zipapp](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zipapp.html) of Hatch
+
 ## [1.7.0](https://github.com/pypa/hatch/releases/tag/hatch-v1.7.0) - 2023-04-03 ## {: #hatch-v1.7.0 }
 
 ***Changed:***

docs/install.md

@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ pip install hatch
 pipx install hatch
 ```
 
+## Standalone (via zipapp)
+
+You can also use Hatch without installing it.
+The zipapp can be downloaded from [Github releases](https://github.com/pypa/hatch/releases) and you can invoke it with a Python 3.7+ interpreter:
+
+```
+python hatch.pyz new --init
+```
+
 ## Homebrew
 
 See the [formula](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hatch) for more details.