Check Size workflow (dragonflyoss/dragonfly)

The Check Size workflow from dragonflyoss/dragonfly, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: dragonflyoss/dragonfly.github/workflows/check-size.ymlLicense Apache-2.0View source

What it does

This is the Check Size workflow from the dragonflyoss/dragonfly 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

workflow (.yml)

name: Check Size

on:
  push:
    branches: [main, release-*]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, release-*]

permissions:
  contents: read

jobs:
  check_size:
    name: Check Size
    timeout-minutes: 10
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 1

      - name: Check large files
        uses: actionsdesk/lfs-warning@4b98a8a5e6c429c23c34eee02d71553bca216425
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          filesizelimit: '1048576'
          exclusionPatterns: |
            deploy/helm-charts
            manager/console
            client

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

name: Check Size
 
on:
  push:
    branches: [main, release-*]
  pull_request:
    branches: [main, release-*]
 
permissions:
  contents: read
 
concurrency:
  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
  cancel-in-progress: true
 
jobs:
  check_size:
    name: Check Size
    timeout-minutes: 10
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    steps:
      - name: Checkout code
        uses: actions/checkout@9c091bb21b7c1c1d1991bb908d89e4e9dddfe3e0
        with:
          fetch-depth: 1
 
      - name: Check large files
        uses: actionsdesk/lfs-warning@4b98a8a5e6c429c23c34eee02d71553bca216425
        env:
          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        with:
          filesizelimit: '1048576'
          exclusionPatterns: |
            deploy/helm-charts
            manager/console
            client

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Cancel superseded runs when a branch or PR gets a newer push.

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

actions/checkout