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# true-yaml-actions | ||
A GitHub action that adds support for YAML anchors and merge keys in GitHub Actions | ||
# True YAML Actions | ||
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I gave up hope of seeing [actions/runner#1182](https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/1182) fixed within my lifespan¹. | ||
I thus decided to write a very simple composite GitHub action that adds support for YAML anchors and merge keys in GitHub Actions. | ||
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## How to use it | ||
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Write your workflows into `.github/real-workflows`, | ||
freely using merge keys (`<<:`) and anchors (`*`), | ||
but writing all your anchors definitions in a header document, | ||
then write the real workflow separated by `---`, like this: | ||
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```yaml | ||
anchor: &anchor | ||
name: Test running on ${{github.repository}} | ||
run: echo Commit ${{github.sha}} seems to be working | ||
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--- | ||
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name: Test this action | ||
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on: | ||
push: | ||
pull_request: | ||
workflow_dispatch: | ||
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jobs: | ||
test: | ||
runs-on: ubuntu-latest | ||
steps: | ||
- name: Test running on ${{github.repository}} | ||
run: echo Commit ${{github.sha}} seems to be working | ||
- <<: *anchor | ||
run: echo Test merge keys | ||
- *anchor | ||
``` | ||
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Now, create an additional workflow in `.github/workflows/autogen.yaml` | ||
(of course pick the name you like the most, the important thing is the workflow location) | ||
that looks like this: | ||
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```yaml | ||
name: Generate workflows | ||
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on: | ||
push: | ||
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jobs: | ||
generate-workflows: | ||
permissions: | ||
actions: write | ||
contents: write | ||
runs-on: ubuntu-latest | ||
steps: | ||
- name: Run locally | ||
uses: 'DanySK/true-yaml-actions@master' | ||
with: | ||
token: ${{ github.token }} | ||
``` | ||
If you want your updated workflows to trigger a new workflow, | ||
you must generate a new token with `workflows:write` permissions and use that in place of `${{ github.token }}`. | ||
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That's it. | ||
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![image](https://github.com/DanySK/true-yaml-actions/assets/1991673/ed6631c0-22a7-41bf-bff3-603aa7dfc434) | ||
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1. I also honestly believe that GitHub Actions was built bottom-up, has great design flaws, and deserves a v2, but still, it's the best thing we have, so I can't help but love it ❤️ |