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Composable actions… which must be kept in an entirely separate repository. Yes they technically have the feature now, but that is a really poor showing. I won’t

Composable actions… which must be kept in an entirely separate repository. Yes they technically have the feature now, but that is a really poor showing. I won’t be using it for anything because it takes the CI code away from where it’s being run. It’s a niche for people publishing generic actions eg a language specific cache, but most people are not in the business of producing actions for the marketplace. And I don’t like that it’s one repo per action.

kylorhall 5y ago
I use a lot of composite actions in the same repo as well as composite actions across repos. Eg. `workflow1` and `workflow2` both call `composite/action`: .github/workflows/workflow1.yml .github/workflows/workflow2.yml .github/actions/composite/action.yml The only missing bit in that is a bit more support in a composite action: `if` and a few other keywords. Also, it's a bit annoying to access private across across repos.
- duped 5y ago
  I use zero because of all the showstopping bugs and lack of any introspection or input validation. It saves me a lot of time and money.
- jaxn 5y ago
  First, thank you. I have been looking for a way to do this and came to the comments to see if there were workarounds to use composite actions without putting them in a separate repo. Which brings me the second comment... this is proof the docs suck. I have looked and looked for any evidence that this exact scenario was possible. There are no examples or documentation of this feature anywhere that I could find.
  - kylorhall 5y ago
    Absolutely agree. Docs are either perfect (5%) or…completely obscure (95%). I can't tell the difference between Github Actions and API documentation in places, but I desire functional examples. No clue where I built it up, but I'm comfortable now…lots of trial and error. For a lot of Github Actions, I actually follow the Github Roadmap through to implementation as the PRs actually have good examples in them… https://github.com/github/roadmap/projects/1 https://github.com/github/roadmap/projects/1
- cormacrelf 5y ago
  Is it still one action per repo?
  - kylorhall 5y ago
    Nope, I have a repo consuming 10+ workflows, 3 shared actions, and a handful of private workflows (the way private workflows sucks now though, don't recommend–basically just a git clone into your Github Action). This is all non-Enterprise, private repos, no clue in GHEC/S.
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kylorhall 5y ago

I use a lot of composite actions in the same repo as well as composite actions across repos. Eg. `workflow1` and `workflow2` both call `composite/action`: .github/workflows/workflow1.yml .github/workflows/workflow2.yml .github/actions/composite/action.yml The only missing bit in that is a bit more support in a composite action: `if` and a few other keywords. Also, it's a bit annoying to access private across across repos.

duped 5y ago
I use zero because of all the showstopping bugs and lack of any introspection or input validation. It saves me a lot of time and money.
jaxn 5y ago
First, thank you. I have been looking for a way to do this and came to the comments to see if there were workarounds to use composite actions without putting them in a separate repo. Which brings me the second comment... this is proof the docs suck. I have looked and looked for any evidence that this exact scenario was possible. There are no examples or documentation of this feature anywhere that I could find.
- kylorhall 5y ago
  Absolutely agree. Docs are either perfect (5%) or…completely obscure (95%). I can't tell the difference between Github Actions and API documentation in places, but I desire functional examples. No clue where I built it up, but I'm comfortable now…lots of trial and error. For a lot of Github Actions, I actually follow the Github Roadmap through to implementation as the PRs actually have good examples in them… https://github.com/github/roadmap/projects/1 https://github.com/github/roadmap/projects/1
cormacrelf 5y ago
Is it still one action per repo?
- kylorhall 5y ago
  Nope, I have a repo consuming 10+ workflows, 3 shared actions, and a handful of private workflows (the way private workflows sucks now though, don't recommend–basically just a git clone into your Github Action). This is all non-Enterprise, private repos, no clue in GHEC/S.
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