Test commit or pull request workflow (digitalocean/nginxconfig.io)

The Test commit or pull request workflow from digitalocean/nginxconfig.io, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: digitalocean/nginxconfig.io.github/workflows/test-workflow.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the Test commit or pull request workflow from the digitalocean/nginxconfig.io 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: Test commit or pull request

on: [push, pull_request]

jobs:
  eslint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Test with eslint
        run: npm run test:eslint

  stylelint:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Test with stylelint
        run: npm run test:stylelint

  i18n-packs:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Test i18n packs integrity
        run: npm run test:i18n-packs

  prettier:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest

    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3

      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm

      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci

      - name: Test with prettier
        run: npm run test:prettier

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Test commit or pull request
 
on: [push, pull_request]
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  eslint:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
 
      - name: Test with eslint
        run: npm run test:eslint
 
  stylelint:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
 
      - name: Test with stylelint
        run: npm run test:stylelint
 
  i18n-packs:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
 
      - name: Test i18n packs integrity
        run: npm run test:i18n-packs
 
  prettier:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    runs-on: latchkey-small
 
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
      - name: Use Node.js
        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
        with:
          node-version-file: .nvmrc
          cache: npm
 
      - name: Install dependencies
        run: npm ci
 
      - name: Test with prettier
        run: npm run test:prettier

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.

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:

Dependency installs

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

Actions used in this workflow

actions/checkout actions/setup-node