Workflows Github Docs

Get a high-level overview of GitHub Actions workflows, including triggers, syntax, and advanced features. A workflow is a configurable automated process that will run one or more jobs. Workflows are defined by a YAML file checked in to your repository and will run when triggered by an event in your repository, or they can be triggered manually, or at a defined schedule. Workflows are defined in the .github/workflows directory in a repository. A repository can have multiple workflows, each of which can perform a different set of tasks such as: A workflow must contain the following basic components:

For more information on these basic components, see Understanding GitHub Actions. GitHub Actions workflows can automate tasks throughout the software development lifecycle. GitHub provides workflow templates for a variety of languages and tooling. You can configure workflows to run on a schedule or to run when certain events happen. You can specify the compute environment your jobs and workflows run in. Workflows automate tasks in your software development lifecycle.

Many tasks that you manually complete can be converted to a GitHub Actions workflow. Find information on workflows and actions in GitHub Actions. A workflow is a configurable automated process made up of one or more jobs. You must create a YAML file to define your workflow configuration. You can configure your workflows to run when specific activity on GitHub happens, at a scheduled time, or when an event outside of GitHub occurs. You can use workflow commands when running shell commands in a workflow or in an action's code.

Find information for supported variables, naming conventions, limits, and contexts in GitHub Actions workflows. A workflow is a configurable automated process made up of one or more jobs. You must create a YAML file to define your workflow configuration. Workflow files use YAML syntax, and must have either a .yml or .yaml file extension. If you're new to YAML and want to learn more, see Learn YAML in Y minutes. You must store workflow files in the .github/workflows directory of your repository.

The name of the workflow. GitHub displays the names of your workflows under your repository's "Actions" tab. If you omit name, GitHub displays the workflow file path relative to the root of the repository. The name for workflow runs generated from the workflow. GitHub displays the workflow run name in the list of workflow runs on your repository's "Actions" tab. If run-name is omitted or is only whitespace, then the run name is set to event-specific information for the workflow run.

For example, for a workflow triggered by a push or pull_request event, it is set as the commit message or the title of the pull request. Automate, customize, and execute your software development workflows right in your repository with GitHub Actions. You can discover, create, and share actions to perform any job you'd like, including CI/CD, and combine actions in a completely customized workflow. GitHub Actions workflows can automate tasks throughout the software development lifecycle. Build skills and knowledge about GitHub Actions through hands-on activities. You can create custom continuous integration (CI) workflows directly in your GitHub repository with GitHub Actions.

You can configure a workflow in GitHub Actions to automatically publish or install a package from GitHub Packages. GitHub flow is a lightweight, branch-based workflow that supports teams and projects that deploy regularly. You can adopt the GitHub flow method to standardize how your team functions and collaborates on GitHub. For more information, see GitHub flow. You can configure your workflows to run when specific activity on GitHub happens, at a scheduled time, or when an event outside of GitHub occurs. Workflow triggers are events that cause a workflow to run.

For more information about how to use workflow triggers, see Triggering a workflow. Some events have multiple activity types. For these events, you can specify which activity types will trigger a workflow run. For more information about what each activity type means, see Webhook events and payloads. Not all webhook events trigger workflows. Runs your workflow when branch protection rules in the workflow repository are changed.

For more information about branch protection rules, see About protected branches. For information about the branch protection rule APIs, see Objects in the GraphQL API documentation or REST API endpoints for branches and their settings. In this guide, we will create your first GitHub Actions workflow, explaining the basic components and methods while we do. We’ll also set up the demo repository, which will serve you for the rest of this Essentials of GitHub Actions module. Along the way, we’ll hear insights and tips from Amplifon on how they used GitHub Actions for CI/CD and workflow automation to improve their development processes. How to create a GitHub Actions workflow file

How to trigger a workflow according to specific GitHub events How to execute a reusable action in your workflow How to execute a workflow using a GitHub-hosted runner The Workflows view is where you can manage and run workflows as VS Code tasks. There are several options to executing a workflow. The Workflows Directory configuration defined in the VS Code Settings is what is used by the extension to search for your workflows.

By default this is set to .github/workflows, but it can be configured in the VS Code Settings by searching for the following configuration: To simply run all workflows in the workspace, use the Run All Workflows action on the Workflows view. This will start up individual VS Code tasks for each workflow defined in your .github/workflows folder and create separate entries in the History view. Each task will execute an act command that looks similar to the command below (assuming no settings are being used). In particular, note the --workflows options which is used to specify the path to the workflow file being executed. If you would like to run just a single workflow, locate the workflow in the Workflows view and use the Run Workflow action.

This action behaves similar to the previous one, except it will only start a VS Code task and create a history entry for the selected workflow.

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