brew workflow (antonmedv/walk)

The brew workflow from antonmedv/walk, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the brew workflow from the antonmedv/walk repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: brew

on:
  release:
    types:
      - created
  workflow_dispatch:

jobs:
  brew:
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up Homebrew
        uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master

      - name: Bump formulae
        uses: Homebrew/actions/bump-packages@master
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.MY_HOMEBREW_RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          formulae: walk

The same workflow, on Latchkey

Removes redundant runs and caps runaway jobs. Added and changed lines are highlighted.

name: brew
 
on:
  release:
    types:
      - created
  workflow_dispatch:
 
jobs:
  brew:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: macos-latest
    steps:
      - name: Set up Homebrew
        uses: Homebrew/actions/setup-homebrew@master
 
      - name: Bump formulae
        uses: Homebrew/actions/bump-packages@master
        with:
          token: ${{ secrets.MY_HOMEBREW_RELEASE_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
          formulae: walk
 

What changed

• Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

1 third-party action is referenced by a movable tag. Pin it to the commit SHA (Latchkey resolves and applies this automatically) so a repointed tag cannot change what runs.

This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.