Build rust app for windows inside docker container

Cargo.toml

# Reduce the size of the executable  file:
[profile.release]
lto = true 
codegen-units = 1
opt-level = "z"   
panic = 'abort'

Dockerfile

# Place this Dockerfile into a `windows-builder` empty directory next to the `build-for-windows.sh` file

FROM rust:1

RUN rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu

RUN apt-get update \
    && apt-get install -y mingw-w64

rust-docker-build-for-windows.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh

SCRIPT_PATH=`readlink -f "$0"`
SCRIPT_DIR=`dirname "$SCRIPT_PATH"`

docker run \
  --rm \
  -it \
  --user "$(id -u)":"$(id -g)" \
  -v "$PWD":/usr/src/myapp \
  -w /usr/src/myapp $(docker build -q $SCRIPT_DIR/windows-builder) \
  cargo build --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu