Go package workflow (bitly/go-simplejson)

The Go package workflow from bitly/go-simplejson, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Go package workflow from the bitly/go-simplejson 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: Go package

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  build:

    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: '1.x'

      - name: Test
        run: go test -v ./...

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Go package
 
on: [push, pull_request]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
 
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Set up Go
        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
        with:
          go-version: '1.x'
 
      - name: Test
        run: go test -v ./...
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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