Check spelling workflow (digitalocean/doctl)

The Check spelling workflow from digitalocean/doctl, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

What it does

This is the Check spelling workflow from the digitalocean/doctl repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its Apache-2.0 license.

Below, Latchkey shows a faster, safer version produced by its optimization engine.

The workflow

name: Check spelling

on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches:
    - main
    - feature/**

jobs:
  run:
    name: Spell Check with Typos
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - name: Checkout Actions Repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4

    - name: Check spelling
      uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.23.2

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Check spelling
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
  pull_request:
    branches:
    - main
    - feature/**
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  run:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Spell Check with Typos
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
    - name: Checkout Actions Repository
      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
    - name: Check spelling
      uses: crate-ci/typos@v1.23.2
 
 

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• Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.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

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

Actions used in this workflow