GitHub Actions

wikipedia:Github Actions (2018) allows building continuous integration and continuous deployment pipelines for testing, releasing and deploying software without the use of third-party websites/platforms.

• Homepage: https://docs.github.com/en/actions

.github/workflows/

• Python: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/guides/building-and-testing-python

on:
jobs:
schedule:
run:
uses:

uses: actions/checkout@v2

uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2

uses: serverless/github-action@master

if:
workflow_dispatch:
runs-on:
steps:
deploy:
env:

Activities

• Read https://resources.github.com/whitepapers/GitHub-Actions-Cheat-sheet/
• Read https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions

Changelog / announcements

• Aug 2021 macOS 11 available https://github.blog/changelog/2021-08-16-github-actions-macos-11-big-sur-is-generally-available-on-github-hosted-runners/. Related: runs-on:

Related terms

• AWS CloudFormation "Deploy CloudFormation Stack" Action for GitHub Actions

See also

• GitHub Actions, act, .github/workflows/, ~/actions-runner/, svc.sh, deploy:, run:, runs-on:, uses:, steps:, jobs:, on:, env:, uses:, script:, continue-on-error:, template:, aws-actions, inputs:, GITHUB_ENV, needs:, github., GitHub runner, my-docker-publish.yml, GitHub Actions variables, GitHub Actions contexts, GitHub Actions Importer, If:, SLSA, Actions Runner Controller (ARC), $GITHUB OUTPUT, notify:, Marketplace, GITHUB_TOKEN
• GitHub, GitHub Actions, GitHub Actions Runner, Events, CodeQL, GitHub Desktop, GitHub organization, base permissions, GitHub Copilot, .gitignore, GitHub Codespaces, GitHub Marketplace, GitHub Apps, GitHub Enterprise Server, GitHub CLI (gh), Dependabot, GitHub security, .github/, GitHub code scanning, GitHub Pages, GitHub Packages, GitHub Advanced Security, GitHub Mobile, GitHub Importer, GitHub versions, SSH keys
• Continuous integration (Continuous delivery): GitLab CI, TeamCity, Travis CI, Jenkins, CloudBees, AWS CodePipelines, Azure Pipelines, XebiaLabs, Codefresh, GitHub, Pipeline, CircleCI, JFrog Pipelines, Concourse CI, Dagger, Bitbucket Pipelines, Buildkite, Google Cloud Build

https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/16/github-launches-actions-its-workflow-automation-tool/

https://github.blog/2018-10-16-future-of-software/