Dejavu - Node.js Build and Release Workflow workflow (appbaseio/dejavu)
The Dejavu - Node.js Build and Release Workflow workflow from appbaseio/dejavu, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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What it does
This is the Dejavu - Node.js Build and Release Workflow workflow from the appbaseio/dejavu repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.
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The workflow
name: Dejavu - Node.js Build and Release Workflow
on:
release:
types: [published]
repository_dispatch:
types: [publish_binary]
workflow_dispatch:
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout repository with submodules
uses: actions/checkout@v3
with:
submodules: recursive
fetch-depth: 0
- name: Set up Node.js 20 LTS
uses: actions/setup-node@v3
with:
node-version: '20'
cache: 'yarn'
- name: Install dependencies
run: yarn
- name: Extract version from payload
id: get_version
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
run: echo "version=${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: Get Version For Release
id: get_version_release
if: ${{ github.event_name != 'repository_dispatch' }}
uses: battila7/get-version-action@v2.2.1
- name: Determine Version
id: set_version
run: |
if [ -n "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" ]; then
echo "version=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
elif [ -n "${{ steps.get_version_release.outputs.version }}" ]; then
echo "version=${{ steps.get_version_release.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
else
echo "Error: Version is not set."
exit 1
fi
- name: Build Dejavu App
run: DISABLE_FAVICONS=1 yarn build:dejavu:app
- name: Zip the dist folder
run: |
zip -r dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip ./packages/dejavu-main/dist
# Fetch release by tag and get upload_url, stripping the placeholder
- name: Get upload_url for release
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }}
id: get_release
run: |
release_data=$(curl -s \
-H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
"https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}")
upload_url=$(echo "$release_data" | jq -r '.upload_url' | sed -e "s/{?name,label}//")
if [ "$upload_url" == "null" ]; then
echo "Error: Release not found for tag ${steps.set_version.outputs.version}"
exit 1
fi
echo "upload_url=$upload_url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
- name: Upload dist.zip to GitHub Release (using curl)
run: |
curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/zip" \
--data-binary @./dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip \
"${{ steps.get_release.outputs.upload_url }}?name=dejavu-dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip"
# For release events, use the upload_url from the event payload
- name: Upload dist.zip to GitHub Release (release event)
if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
run: |
upload_url="${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}"
# Strip the placeholder
upload_url="${upload_url%\{*}"
curl -X POST \
-H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/zip" \
--data-binary @./dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip \
"${upload_url}?name=dejavu-dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip"
The same workflow, on Latchkey
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name: Dejavu - Node.js Build and Release Workflow on: release: types: [published] repository_dispatch: types: [publish_binary] workflow_dispatch: jobs: build: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: latchkey-small steps: - name: Checkout repository with submodules uses: actions/checkout@v3 with: submodules: recursive fetch-depth: 0 - name: Set up Node.js 20 LTS uses: actions/setup-node@v3 with: node-version: '20' cache: 'yarn' - name: Install dependencies run: yarn - name: Extract version from payload id: get_version if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }} run: echo "version=${{ github.event.client_payload.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT - name: Get Version For Release id: get_version_release if: ${{ github.event_name != 'repository_dispatch' }} uses: battila7/get-version-action@v2.2.1 - name: Determine Version id: set_version run: | if [ -n "${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" ]; then echo "version=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT elif [ -n "${{ steps.get_version_release.outputs.version }}" ]; then echo "version=${{ steps.get_version_release.outputs.version }}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT else echo "Error: Version is not set." exit 1 fi - name: Build Dejavu App run: DISABLE_FAVICONS=1 yarn build:dejavu:app - name: Zip the dist folder run: | zip -r dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip ./packages/dejavu-main/dist # Fetch release by tag and get upload_url, stripping the placeholder - name: Get upload_url for release if: ${{ github.event_name == 'repository_dispatch' }} id: get_release run: | release_data=$(curl -s \ -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \ "https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases/tags/${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}") upload_url=$(echo "$release_data" | jq -r '.upload_url' | sed -e "s/{?name,label}//") if [ "$upload_url" == "null" ]; then echo "Error: Release not found for tag ${steps.set_version.outputs.version}" exit 1 fi echo "upload_url=$upload_url" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT - name: Upload dist.zip to GitHub Release (using curl) run: | curl -X POST \ -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/zip" \ --data-binary @./dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip \ "${{ steps.get_release.outputs.upload_url }}?name=dejavu-dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip" # For release events, use the upload_url from the event payload - name: Upload dist.zip to GitHub Release (release event) if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }} run: | upload_url="${{ github.event.release.upload_url }}" # Strip the placeholder upload_url="${upload_url%\{*}" curl -X POST \ -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.PAT }}" \ -H "Content-Type: application/zip" \ --data-binary @./dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip \ "${upload_url}?name=dejavu-dist-${{ steps.set_version.outputs.version }}.zip"
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 useslatchkey-small; pick the runner size that fits the job. - 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.
What Latchkey heals here
This workflow has steps that commonly fail on transient issues (network, registries, flaky browsers). On Latchkey managed runners they are detected, retried, and self-healed instead of failing your build:
- Network fetches
This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.