build-hermesc-apple workflow (facebook/hermes)
The build-hermesc-apple workflow from facebook/hermes, explained and optimized by Latchkey.
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This is the build-hermesc-apple workflow from the facebook/hermes repository, a real project running GitHub Actions. It is shown here with attribution under its MIT license.
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The workflow
workflow (.yml)
name: build-hermesc-apple
on: workflow_call
jobs:
build-hermesc-apple:
runs-on: macos-15
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- name: Setup xcode
uses: ./.github/actions/setup-xcode
- name: Build HermesC Apple
shell: bash
run: ./utils/build-apple-framework.sh build_hermesc
- name: Upload HermesC Artifact
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4
with:
name: hermesc-apple
path: ./build_host_hermesc
The same workflow, on Latchkey
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name: build-hermesc-apple on: workflow_call jobs: build-hermesc-apple: timeout-minutes: 30 runs-on: macos-15 steps: - name: Checkout uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Setup xcode uses: ./.github/actions/setup-xcode - name: Build HermesC Apple shell: bash run: ./utils/build-apple-framework.sh build_hermesc - name: Upload HermesC Artifact uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4.3.4 with: name: hermesc-apple path: ./build_host_hermesc
What changed
- Add a job timeout so a hung step cannot burn hours of runner time.
This workflow runs 1 job per trigger. On Latchkey the same minutes cost up to 58% less than GitHub-hosted, with zero queue time.