CI/CD (main - production deployment) workflow (carpentries/amy)

The CI/CD (main - production deployment) workflow from carpentries/amy, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: carpentries/amy.github/workflows/cicd_main_manual.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the CI/CD (main - production deployment) workflow from the carpentries/amy 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)

# CI/CD for main branch - deploy to production

name: CI/CD (main - production deployment)

on:
  workflow_dispatch

jobs:
  accessibility:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_accessibility.yml

  lint:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_linter.yml

  test:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_test.yml
    needs: lint

  build_deploy:
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_build_and_deploy_production.yml
    needs: test

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

# CI/CD for main branch - deploy to production
 
name: CI/CD (main - production deployment)
 
on:
  workflow_dispatch
 
jobs:
  accessibility:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_accessibility.yml
 
  lint:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_linter.yml
 
  test:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_test.yml
    needs: lint
 
  build_deploy:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    uses: ./.github/workflows/incl_build_and_deploy_production.yml
    needs: test

What changed

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

This workflow runs 4 jobs per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.