This small and simple plugin lists all files of a directory and returns the output as json. This json can be later used for a dynamic build matrix.

Optional The directory to look for the files. Default "project root".

Optional File extension filter. (e.g., "txt","yml")

Optional List of values for which starts with are only used. (e.g., "dev_,test,config-")

Optional Delimiter for the only list. (Default: ",")

Optional List of values for which files should be ignored. (e.g., "ignore_,test,config-")

Optional Delimiter for the ignore list. (Default: ",")

The list of files including file extension as json

The list of files names without file extension as json

uses: the-coding-turtle/[email protected]

Or with optional parameters:

uses: the-coding-turtle/[email protected]
with:
  directory: "configs"
  file_extension: "yml"
  ignore_files_starts_with: "ignore_;test;config-"
  ignore_files_starts_with_delimiter: ";"

name: Multi Tenant GAE Deploy

on:
  push:
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  lookup:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    outputs:
      matrix: ${{ steps.filelist.outputs.file_names }}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Get all yaml files
      id: filelist
      uses: the-coding-turtle/[email protected]
      with:
        directory: "gae_yaml"
        file_extension: "yaml"

  multi_tenant:
    needs: lookup
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        tenant: ${{fromJson(needs.lookup.outputs.matrix)}}
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Show all tenants
      run: |
        echo "this is tenant: ${{ matrix.TENANT }}"