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Prepare local Actions

v1.0.1 Pre-release

Prepare local Actions

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Prepare local Actions

Prepare local actions by installing dependencies and building the actions

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Prepare local Actions

              
  uses: JojOatXGME/[email protected]
Learn more about this action in JojOatXGME/prepare-local-actions

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prepare-local-actions

This action prepares actions defined in the local repository by installing dependencies and building the actions.

Usage

In your workflow:

steps:
- uses: actions/checkout@v2
- uses: JojOatXGME/prepare-local-actions@v1
- uses: ./.github/actions/myLocalAction

In .github/actions/package.json:

{
  "private": true,
  "scripts": {
    "build": "tsc"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@actions/core": "^1.2.4",
    "@actions/exec": "^1.0.4"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@types/node": "^12.12.54"
  }
}

In .github/actions/tsconfig.json:

{
  "include": [ "**/*.ts" ],
  "compilerOptions": {
    "rootDir": ".",

    "target": "ES2019",
    "module": "CommonJS",
    "lib": ["ES2019"],
    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
    "newLine": "lf",

    "noImplicitReturns": true,
    "strict": true,
    "useDefineForClassFields": true
  }
}

In .github/actions/myLocalAction/action.yml:

name: 'My Local Action'
description: 'Some action defined within the repository.'
runs:
  using: 'node12'
  main: 'index.js'

In .github/actions/myLocalAction/index.ts:

import * as core from '@actions/core';

async function main() {
    core.info("My Local Action is executed.");
}

main().catch(reason => {
    core.setFailed(reason instanceof Error ? reason : new Error(reason));
});