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@penfold/github-actions-include
Advanced tools
Simple but effective partials system for GitHub Actions
Compiles GitHub Actions workflows with "partials", ie. partial workflow YAML
configuration, using an #!include(partial_name) directive.
Workflow:
# github/workflows/cleanup.yml
name: Cleanup
on: [push]
jobs:
#!include(setup_environment)
Partial:
# github/partials/setup_environment.yml
setup_env:
name: Setup environment
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# ...
Result:
# .github/workflows/cleanup.yml
name: Cleanup
on: [push]
jobs:
setup_env:
name: Setup environment
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
# ...
NPM:
npm install --dev @penfold/github-actions-include
Yarn:
yarn add --dev @penfold/github-actions-include
$ github-actions-include --help
Options:
--help Show help [boolean]
--version Show version number [boolean]
--partialsDir Path to partials [string]
--workflowsDir Path to workflows (must not be .github/workflows)
[string] [required]
--includeWarningReadme Include warning README.md in .github/workflows
[boolean] [default: true]
const githubActionsInclude = require("github-actions-include");
// Options object and all fields are optional
githubActionsInclude({
workflowsDir: "github/workflows",
partialsDir: "github/partials",
includeWarningReadme: true,
});
workflowsDirDefault: github/workflows
The folder in your project where you will write your GH Actions workflows.
Cannot be .github/workflows.
partialsDirDefault: github/partials
The folder in your project where you will write your GH Actions partials.
includeWarningReadmeDefault: true
Whether to include a warning README in .github/workflows that tells developers not to make
changes in that folder, but in the folder specified by workflowsDir.
Create by Penfold and released under the MIT license.
FAQs
> Simple but effective partials system for GitHub Actions
We found that @penfold/github-actions-include demonstrated a not healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released a year ago. It has 2 open source maintainers collaborating on the project.
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