GitHub Actions Template  

A template for creating new TypeScript GitHub Actions

Usage

• Create a new repository by clicking on the 🟩 Use this template button at the top right (at the main page of this repository)

Development

• run npm install
• edit action.yml to adjust action metadata
• edit README.md to describe the action
• edit main.ts to implement the action
• optional - try your action localy with
  • adjust local-run-action.ts
  • run npm run ts-node -- local-run-action.ts
• commit and push your changes
  • the Build workflow will build your changes and release them to corresponding branch automatically.
  • Then you can use your action like this e.g.

      - uses: <OWNER>/<REPO>@main

Release New Action Version

• Trigger the Release workflow
  • The workflow will create a new release with the given version and also move the related major version tag e.g. v1 to point to this new release