GitHub Actions
From Christoph's Personal Wiki
GitHub Actions is a service provided by GitHub that allows building continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines for testing, releasing, and deploying software without the use of third-party websites/platforms.
Examples
Basic
$ cat .github/workflows/basic.yaml
name: Shell Commands
on: [push]
jobs:
run-shell-commands:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: echo a string
run: echo "Hello, World!"
- name: multiline script
run: |
node -v
npm -v
- name: python command
run: |
import platform
print
(platform.processor())
shell: python
- Using the GitHub CLI:
$ gh workflow view
? Select a workflow Shell Commands (simple.yaml)
Shell Commands - simple.yaml
ID: 13613098
Total runs 1
Recent runs
✓ initial commit of .github/workflows/simple.yaml Shell Commands master push 1280462255
To see more runs for this workflow, try: gh run list --workflow simple.yaml
To see the YAML for this workflow, try: gh workflow view simple.yaml --yaml
$ gh workflow view simple.yaml --yaml
Shell Commands - simple.yaml
ID: 13613098
name: Shell Commands
on: [push]
jobs:
run-shell-command:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: echo a string
run: echo "Hello World"
- name: multiline script
run: |
node -v
npm -v
- name: python Command
run: |
import platform
print
(platform.processor())
shell: python
$ gh run list --workflow simple.yaml
STATUS NAME WORKFLOW BRANCH EVENT ID ELAPSED AGE
✓ initial commit of .github/workflows/simple.yaml Shell Commands master push 1280462255 15s 15d
For details on a run, try: gh run view <run-id>
$ gh run view 1280462255
✓ master Shell Commands · 1280462255
Triggered via push about 16 days ago
JOBS
✓ run-shell-command in 1s (ID 3726651254)
For more information about a job, try: gh run view --job=<job-id>
View this run on GitHub: https://github.com/christophchamp/github-actions/actions/runs/1280462255
External links
- Official GitHub Actions documentation
- About GitHub-hosted runners
- Enabling debug logging
- List of packages installed on Ubuntu by default
- Christoph Champ's GitHub Actions demos
- GitHub Actions YAML Extension — for VS Code
