release workflow (eth0izzle/shhgit)

The release workflow from eth0izzle/shhgit, explained and optimized by Latchkey.

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Source: eth0izzle/shhgit.github/workflows/release.ymlLicense MITView source

What it does

This is the release workflow from the eth0izzle/shhgit 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)

on: 
  release:
    types: [created]

jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    name: Release Go Binary
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    strategy:
      matrix:
        goos: [linux, windows, darwin]
        goarch: [amd64]
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@master
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
        goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
        goversion: "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.15.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
        project_path: "."
        binary_name: "shhgit"
        extra_files: LICENSE README.md

The same workflow, on Latchkey

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

on: 
  release:
    types: [created]
 
jobs:
  releases-matrix:
    timeout-minutes: 30
    name: Release Go Binary
    runs-on: latchkey-small
    strategy:
      matrix:
        goos: [linux, windows, darwin]
        goarch: [amd64]
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - uses: wangyoucao577/go-release-action@master
      with:
        github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
        goos: ${{ matrix.goos }}
        goarch: ${{ matrix.goarch }}
        goversion: "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.15.2.linux-amd64.tar.gz"
        project_path: "."
        binary_name: "shhgit"
        extra_files: LICENSE README.md

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.
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 (3 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

actions/checkout