Deployment Prep workflow (anuraghazra/github-readme-stats)

The Deployment Prep workflow from anuraghazra/github-readme-stats, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: anuraghazra/github-readme-stats.github/workflows/deploy-prep.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Deployment Prep workflow from the anuraghazra/github-readme-stats 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Deployment Prep
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - master

jobs:
  config:
    if: github.repository == 'anuraghazra/github-readme-stats'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
      - name: Deployment Prep
        run: python ./.github/workflows/deploy-prep.py
      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@28e16e81777b558cc906c8750092100bbb34c5e3 # v7.0.0
        with:
          branch: vercel
          create_branch: true
          push_options: "--force"

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Deployment Prep
on:
  workflow_dispatch:
  push:
    branches:
      - master
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  config:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.repository == 'anuraghazra/github-readme-stats'
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8 # v6.0.1
      - name: Deployment Prep
        run: python ./.github/workflows/deploy-prep.py
      - uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@28e16e81777b558cc906c8750092100bbb34c5e3 # v7.0.0
        with:
          branch: vercel
          create_branch: true
          push_options: "--force"

What changed

Run on Latchkey managed runners with one line (runs-on), which apply the fixes below automatically and self-heal transient failures. This example uses latchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job.
Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.
Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.

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

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action