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CI workflow (CanadaHonk/porffor)

The CI workflow from CanadaHonk/porffor, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: CanadaHonk/porffor.github/workflows/ci.yamlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the CI workflow from the CanadaHonk/porffor 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: CI

on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ['Bump version and publish']
    types:
      - completed

jobs:
  build:
    if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        target:
          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
          - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
          - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
          - x86_64-apple-darwin
          - aarch64-apple-darwin
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
        with:
          deno-version: v2.x
      - run: deno install
      - run: |
          deno compile \
            --allow-all \
            --no-check \
            --target ${{ matrix.target }} \
            --include runtime \
            --include compiler \
            --output out/porf \
            runtime/index.js
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: porf-${{ matrix.target }}
          path: out/*

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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name: CI
 
on:
  workflow_run:
    workflows: ['Bump version and publish']
    types:
      - completed
 
jobs:
  build:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    if: github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success'
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      matrix:
        target:
          - x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
          - aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu
          - x86_64-pc-windows-msvc
          - x86_64-apple-darwin
          - aarch64-apple-darwin
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
      - uses: denoland/setup-deno@v2
        with:
          deno-version: v2.x
      - run: deno install
      - run: |
          deno compile \
            --allow-all \
            --no-check \
            --target ${{ matrix.target }} \
            --include runtime \
            --include compiler \
            --output out/porf \
            runtime/index.js
      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
        with:
          name: porf-${{ matrix.target }}
          path: out/*
 

What changed

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 (5 with the matrix expanded) per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.

Actions used in this workflow