github_actions.md

GitHub Actions

Contents

• Reference
  • General
  • GitHub Actions Reference
  • Schema
  • Specific Actions
• Finding Info
  • Searches
  • Examples
• Specific Topics
  • Composite run steps
  • Cron Jobs

Reference

General

• GitHub Actions, the missing notes
• Usage on GitHub Actions with xvfb · Issue #147 · juliangruber/browser-run
• GitHub Marketplace · Actions to improve your workflow

GitHub Actions Reference

• Workflow syntax for GitHub Actions
• Specifications for GitHub-hosted runners
  • Supported software
• Contexts
• Environment variables
• Workflow commands for GitHub Actions
• Events that trigger workflows

Schema

• Workflow Schema
• Action Schema

Specific Actions

• actions/checkout: Action for checking out a repo
• actions/runner: The runner is the application that runs a job from a GitHub Actions workflow
• actions/starter-workflows: Accelerating new GitHub Actions workflows

Finding Info

Searches

• Search · search_term path:/.github/workflows/
• New Search · search_term path:/.github/workflows/
• github actions qt5 - Google Search

Examples

• doctest/main.yml at master · onqtam/doctest
• reproc/main.yml at master · DaanDeMeyer/reproc
• libgit2/main.yml at main · libgit2/libgit2
  • shows that matrices can be objects, and not just strings
• How to share matrix between jobs

Specific Topics

Composite run steps

• Docs: Creating a composite run steps action
• Stack Overflow
  • Reuse composite run steps action in same repo
  • How to us snippets in github action workflow file to avoid duplicates?
• Video: GitHub Actions - Composite Run Steps FIRST LOOK
• Issue: Next Steps for Fully Functioning Composite Actions - include examples of what you can do
• GitHub Actions: reusable workflows is generally available

Cron Jobs

• How to not run cron jobs in forks
  • Searsch: GitHub Actions don't run cron on forks
  • Do not run cron workflows in forks